Statistics for Ancient History by Letter 'I'

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Modern day city formally known as Constantinople and Byzantium	Istanbul	96%
This modern day country was known as Persia until 1935	Iran	95%
Long freezing period c. 2 Million BC that included glaciers and mammoths	Ice Age	94%
Epic by Homer that tells the story of the Trojan War	Iliad	94%
White material made of animal tusks that were often used to make jewelry	Ivory	94%
He tried to escape Crete, but flew too close to the sun	Icarus	89%
This new Age c.800 BC saw less use of Bronze and more use of steel	Iron Age	86%
15 March 44 BC	Ides of March	81%
Egyptian mother healing Goddess whose name derives from the Greek 'throne'	Isis	72%
Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet that also means a really small amount	Iota	66%
Sacred bird of ancient egypt, ofted depicted on the head of Thoth	Ibis	63%
Greek order of architecture categorized by its spiral	Ionic	60%
Island home of Odysseus	Ithaca	57%
Mayan God of fire who created the Earth (Hint: think Chichen)	Itzamna	54%
Name given to the elite Persian soldiers who fought in the Greco-Persian Wars	Immortals	42%
Ancient Egyptian architect who modeled the first pyramids, he eventually became a god	Imhotep	37%
Greek city-state that lived near Turkey, they failed to revolt against the Persians	Ionia	37%
333 BC battle where Alexander defeated Darius III and secured his conquest of Asia	Battle of Issus	13%