Era 3 · from about 3500 to 1200 BC

Quiz: River civilisations

Ten questions on the 25 events of the era. If an answer doesn't convince you, open the event card.

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What did Sumerian scribes use to write on clay tablets? (A pointed reed)

Who managed to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs? (The Frenchman Champollion)

Who worked on building the Great Pyramid of Giza? (Teams of workers who were paid and fed)

What ran beneath the streets of Mohenjo-daro? (Covered drains for dirty water)

Where is the stone slab with Hammurabi's laws today? (In the Louvre in Paris)

Why were the temples of Abu Simbel moved in the 1960s? (To save them from the waters of the Aswan Dam)

What did the Shang fortune-tellers write their questions on? (Turtle shells and ox bones)

How many days were there in a year in the Egyptian calendar? (365)

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