Statistics for Ancient Geography

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
City in modern Iraq known for Hanging Gardens	Babylon	84%
Roman rival near modern-day Tunis	Carthage	72%
Roman name for France	Gaul	70%
Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers	Mesopotamia	64%
Land immediately south of ancient Egypt	Nubia	47%
Southern Israelite kingdom	Judah	37%
City in above with largest ziggurat	Ur	37%
Roman name for Ireland	Hibernia	33%
Region in southeastern area of above, one of world's first civilizations	Sumer	32%
Roman name for Scotland	Caledonia	25%
Strip of mercantile city-states along the eastern Mediterranean coast	Phoenicia	24%
Roman name for Portugal	Lusitania	23%
Roman nickname for the Mediterranean Sea	Mare Nostrum	20%
Ancient name for Paris	Lutetia	17%
Capital of the Assyrian Empire	Ninevah	15%
Kingdom ruled by Croesus in western Turkey	Lydia	13%
First capital of the Persian Empire	Susa	12%
Capital of ancient Macedonia	Pella	10%
Land in eastern Africa with which the ancient Egyptians traded	Punt	10%
Israelite term for modern Ethiopia	Sheba	10%
Capital of northern Kingdom of Israel	Samaria	9%
Largest, most sophisticated city of the Indus Valley civilization	Mohenjo-Daro	8%
Semi-legendary Aztec homeland	Aztlan	4%
Body of water believed to encircle habitable land	Oceanus	4%
Capital of Shang-dynasty China	Anyang/ Yin	1%