Statistics for Ancient History by Letter ‘W,X,Y & Z’

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
“Great” Achaemenid King, invaded Greece in 480 BC - X	Xerxes	90%
Alternative name for the Shang Dynasty, ruled the Yellow River region in the 2nd Millenium BC - Y	Yin	86%
Considered the first orthodox dynasty in Chinese history, ruled in the early 2nd Millenium BC - X	Xia	83%
Chinese state formed around the mouth of the Yangtze River in the 12th Century BC - W	Wu	72%
Stepped pyramid temples common in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Z	Ziggurat	72%
Transformational information technology, first developed as cuneiform in Sumer around 3000 BC - W	Writing	69%
Chinese river, one of the original cradles of civilisation - Y	Yellow	69%
Region of ancient Britain, occupied by tribes including the Silures and the Ordovicians - W	Wales	66%
Ancient Imperial Chinese capital, location of the Terracotta Warriors - X	Xi’an	66%
Early Iranian prophet, founded the world’s first monotheistic religion - Z	Zoroaster	66%
Chinese leader who formed the first dynasty, known for his dam building and flood control measures - Y	Yu The Great	55%
Revolutionary technology dating back to the late Neolithic, possibly developed in several independent locations - W	Wheel	48%
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, famous for creating paradoxes - Z	Zeno	48%
Athenian general philosopher and historian, led an expedition of 10,000 men into Persia - X	Xenophon	45%
250 year period of ancient China, immediately preceding the Qin Dynasty - W	Warring States	41%
Royal Chinese dynasty of the first millenium BC, divided into Western and Eastern periods - Z	Zhou	41%
Chinese state, created at the partition of Jin in 403 BC - W	Wei	28%
Mesoamerican culture which arose in the Oaxaca Valley - Z	Zapotec	24%
Confederation of nomads, possibly precursors to the Huns, dominated the East Eurasian steppe - X	Xiongnu	17%
Late Chalcolithic culture of the Pontic-Caspian steppe - Y	Yamnaya	14%
Bronze Age Semitic kingdom centred on Aleppo, formed around 1800 BC - Y	Yamhad	10%
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lycia (southern Turkey) dating back to the 8th Century BC - X	Xanthos	7%
Neolithic Chinese culture of the 3rd and 4th Millenia BC, named for the town where it was first excavated - Y	Yangshao	7%
Originally a Warring State, this kingdom flourished under the Han Dynasty - Z	Zhao	7%