Ancient Historical Facts

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1. In 356 BC, a man named Herostratus tried to seek immortality by burning one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Which wonder was this? Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Hanging Gardens of Babylon Colossus at Rhodes Temple of Artemis

2. Someone very famous was born the very night that Herostratus burned the ancient wonder. Who was he? Alexander the Great Aristotle Plutarch Ptolemy

3. In 352 BC, Chinese astronomers recorded the earliest known sighting of a ...? comet supernova binary star solar eclipse

4. Around 2600 BC, the Egyptian queen, Hetepheres, mother of Pharoah Cheops was the first person to be ...? Answer: (One Word (think mummy))

5. In 280 BC, the sculptor Chares built an immense bronze statue. What was this? Colossus at Rhodes Athena at Parthenon Laocoon Zeus at Olympia

6. Isaac Newton's first law of motion - that a body stays in a state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by outside forces - was recorded centuries earlier in 250 BC by which civilisation? Mayan Sumerian Indian Chinese

7. Honouring Ptolemy V Epiphanes, which important ancient work was engraved in 196 BC, and eventually lost until 1799 when it was unearthed during a military construction project? Answer: (Two Words - it was engraved in Egyptian and Greek)

8. Around 1500-1200 BC, the first of the four Vedic texts was written in Sanskrit. What is it? Sama Veda Rig Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda

9. Around 400 BC, the talented Chinese artisan Lu Ban made the first known ...? sundial water clock kite oil-burning lamp

10. Which written symbol made its earliest known appearance in India in 876 BC? Answer: (One Word-math)