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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

Which Spartan king succeeded Leonidas I after the Battle of Thermopylae?

Answer

Pleistarchus

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

How many years did the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens last?

Answer

27 years

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

Which Spartan leader commanded forces supporting Syracuse during Athens’ Sicilian Expedition?

Answer

Gylippus

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

Which Spartan colony in southern Italy became the Greek city of Tarentum?

Answer

Taras

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

Which Spartan king invaded Elis during the conflict known as the First Spartan War with Elis?

Answer

Agis II

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

Which Spartan commander captured Athens in 404 BCE after the Peloponnesian War?

Answer

Lysander

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Ancient Sparta

What was the name of the Spartan citizen body that owned land and controlled the state?

Answer

Spartiates

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Mesopotamia

Which Mesopotamian city was the capital of the Seleucid Empire under Seleucus I?

Answer

Seleucia

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Ancient Mesopotamia

Which Sumerian king is listed as the first ruler of Eridu in the Sumerian King List?

Answer

Alulim

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Mesopotamia

What was the Babylonian series of celestial omens called, beginning with the words Enuma Anu Enlil?

Answer

Enuma Anu Enlil

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Ancient Mesopotamia

What language became the main international diplomatic language of the ancient Near East, including Mesopotamia, during the first millennium BCE?

Answer

Aramaic

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Ancient Mesopotamia

What was the Assyrian city of Kalhu better known as?

Answer

Nimrud

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