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A civilisation is best remembered by what it left behind: a script, a temple, a law code. Below: the shortcuts that make these questions answerable from the clue alone.
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How to play
Read the clue, then tap the civilisation it belongs to.
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HistoryWhat you are actually practicing
A civilisation is easiest to remember through what it left behind — a script, a temple, a law code, a city plan. The Parthenon means Greece, cuneiform means Sumer, the Code of Hammurabi means Babylon.
The questions work because the clues are almost always material or textual. Learn the link from object to civilisation, and the rest follows.
How the game works
You are shown a clue and four civilisations. Pick the one it belongs to. A wrong pick reveals the answer immediately.
Easy uses the big three — Egypt, Greece, Rome. Medium widens the set. Hard uses the full list.
The links worth knowing
Ancient Egypt: the pyramids, hieroglyphs, the Book of the Dead, mummification.
Ancient Greece: the Parthenon, democracy, the Olympic Games, philosophy.
Ancient Rome: the Colosseum, the Pantheon, roads and law, the legions.
Mesopotamia (Sumer, Babylon, Assyria): cuneiform, the Code of Hammurabi, ziggurats, the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Ancient China: the Great Wall, bronze casting, silk, the Qin unification.
Indus Valley: the cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, the world's earliest urban grid, undeciphered script.
Strategies that actually raise your score
Classify the material. Stone and colossal sculpture points to Egypt; marble and a citizen assembly points to Greece; concrete and a road network points to Rome; clay tablets point to Mesopotamia.
Read the script clue first. Writing is the fastest discriminator: hieroglyphs, cuneiform, linear B and the Indus seal script each belong to exactly one of these.
Watch for the shared pieces. The Great Wall and the Parthenon each appear in more than one era's list — when the clue is a monument, check whether the question means the ancient world or a later empire.
Learn the odd ones. The Indus Valley script is still undeciphered, which makes any clue about it unmistakable — and it is the most commonly missed answer.