1. What does the Latin word 'cuneus,' from which Cuneiform is derived, mean?

2. Under the Mandate of Heaven, what were natural disasters often interpreted as?

3. What modern athletic event is named after the location of this 490 BCE battle?

4. What was the function of the Roman naval invention known as the 'corvus'?

5. Which political office did the Gracchi brothers hold while attempting their land reforms?

6. What animal was the source of the famous Tyrian Purple dye?

7. How did Alexander the Great reach the island city of Tyre during the siege?

8. Which military unit's effectiveness was most drastically improved by the invention of the stirrup?

9. What was the official name of the Colosseum in ancient times?

10. What philosophy formed the core curriculum of the Chinese Civil Service Examinations?

11. What is the name of the supreme deity in Zoroastrianism?

12. The Moabite Stone contains the earliest known non-biblical reference to which deity?

13. What animal features were most commonly blended into Chavin religious art?

14. What mythical creature is famously associated with the Minoan Palace of Knossos?

15. Which architectural element did the Romans inherit from the Etruscans?

16. What was the state religion of the Sassanid Empire?

17. What was the highest regular office in the Roman 'Cursus Honorum'?

18. What was the name of the city ruled by the legendary King Gilgamesh?

19. What was the natural alloy used for the first Lydian coins?

20. The modern 'marathon' race is roughly 26 miles because of a legend associated with which battle?