latests
Which empire used quipus for record-keeping?
A) Maya
B) Inca
C) Aztec
D) Olmec
The Inca used quipus, knotted strings, as a method of recording numbers and information without writing.
latests
A)
1920
B)
1929
C)
1939
D)
1941
The Great Depression began with the US stock market crash of 1929, leading to global economic hardship throughout the 1930s.
latests
A)
Roman
B)
Nabataean
C)
Persian
D)
Byzantine
Petra in Jordan was built by the Nabataeans, known for rock-cut architecture and advanced water systems.
latests
A)
Saturn
B)
Neptune
C)
Jupiter
D)
Uranus
Jupiter is the largest planet, a gas giant with strong magnetic fields and dozens of moons, dominating the outer Solar System.
latests
A)
Babylonian
B)
Greek
C)
Sumerian
D)
Hittite
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Mesopotamian poem from Sumer, considered the world’s earliest surviving literary masterpiece.
latests
A)
Peso
B)
Real
C)
Dollar
D)
Cruzeiro
Brazil's currency is the Real (BRL), introduced in 1994 as part of economic stabilization efforts to control hyperinflation.
latests
A)
Israel
B)
Jordan
C)
Egypt
D)
Syria
The Dead Sea Scrolls, found in caves near Qumran in Israel (1947), include ancient Jewish texts vital to biblical scholarship.
latests
A)
1929
B)
1939
C)
1945
D)
1955
The 1929 crash triggered the Great Depression, causing widespread unemployment, poverty, and global economic collapse.
latests
A)
Babylonian
B)
Assyrian
C)
Sumerian
D)
Hittite
The Code of Hammurabi, Babylonian king’s laws from 1754 BCE, is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length.
latests
A)
Assyrian
B)
Babylonian
C)
Sumerian
D)
Akkadian
Hammurabi’s Babylonian code (18th century BCE) was one of the earliest legal codes, inscribed on stone steles.
latests
A)
Sanskrit
B)
Hieroglyphics
C)
Cuneiform
D)
Linear B
The Rosetta Stone (1799) allowed scholars to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics using its Greek translation.
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