Statistics for Ancient Civilizations

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Description	Peak	Civilization	% Correct
Civilization ruled by pharaohs	1425 BC	Ancient Egypt	95%
City that once controlled the entire Mediterranean Sea	117	Rome	92%
Mexican empire formed from the alliance of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan	1521	Aztecs	87%
Greek city-state famous for philosophy and democracy	440 BC	Athens	86%
Greek city-state famous for its military discipline	371 BC	Sparta	86%
Andean empire with its capital at Cusco	1533	Incas	84%
City destroyed by Greeks in "The Iliad"	1200 BC	Troy	81%
Civilization of the Yucatan peninsula that built Chichen Itza	800	Mayan	80%
Empire founded by Cyrus the Great in modern-day Iran	500 BC	Persian Empire	80%
Civilization led by Nebuchadnezzar which brought the ancient Jewish people into captivity	600 BC	Neo-Babylonian	73%
City-state near modern-day Tunis founded by Queen Dido (according to legend)	264 BC	Carthage	69%
Civilization situated around a river in modern-day Pakistan	2000 BC	Indus	65%
Culture whose priests were known as Druids	275 BC	Celtic	63%
Nomadic horsemen who terrorized Europe, possibly of Mongolian origin	453	Huns	61%
Sea-faring culture of Tyre who invented the alphabet and may have circumnavigated Africa	1000 BC	Phoenicia	54%
Mesopotamian society led Ashurbanipal which was known for its cruelty	650 BC	Neo-Assyria	46%
The first civilization in Mesopotamia, it was led by Sargon the Great	2100 BC	Sumer / Akkad	44%
Possibly matriarchal civilization of ancient Crete	1700 BC	Minoans	41%
Once the dominant culture in central Italy	500 BC	Etruscans	36%
The earliest dynasty of China that is supported by archaeological evidence	1200 BC	Shang Dynasty	18%