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1. Which tribe of the Benin area referred to themselves as 'those who are the real architects of the world'?
2. Which civilization in the Americas created the oldest sculpture of enormous heads circa 13th century B.C.?
3. A civilization composed of city-states, often embroiled in bloody civil wars, they are believed to have originated from the loins of a ceiba {tree;} who might these fellows be?
4. Abraham marvelled at the towering ziggurats and hedonistic wealth of which of these civilizations?
5. Nebuchadnezzar created the 'Hanging Gardens' while residing amongst which civilization?
6. 'The First Emperor' utilized 700,000 laborers to build the largest system of roads and walls of this civilization circa 200 B.C.; which country was he from?
7. Which empire had an entire army destroyed in a single day at the Battle of Granicus, by Alexander the Great in 334 B.C.?
8. The first culture of this civilization was the Jomon, who created marvelous pottery...in which modern country did they reside?
9. From which civilization did Pythagoras borrow the 'Pythagorean Theorem'?
10. The concept of 'nous' was established by Anaxogoras and Aristotle to explain the formation of the Universe from a single origin. What civilization produced these great minds?
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