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Who was buried near an army of clay soldiers?
Answer: Qin Shi Huang
Why: Farmers digging a well found the clay army in 1974, about 1.5 kilometres from the emperor's tomb mound.
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Which dynasty's oracle bones hold China's earliest known writing?
Answer: Shang
Why: Shang diviners heated the bones until they cracked, then read the crack patterns as answers.
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Which desert people carved the city of Petra into rock?
Answer: Nabataeans
Why: They survived in the desert by collecting scarce rainfall in rock-cut channels and hidden underground cisterns.
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What were Mesoamerican ballgame balls made of?
Answer: Rubber
Why: The oldest known rubber balls come from an Olmec-linked bog at El Manatí in Mexico and date to about 1600 BC.
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Which Indus Valley city's name means 'Mound of the Dead'?
Answer: Mohenjo-daro
Why: Mohenjo-daro's streets ran alongside covered brick drains that served the houses.
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Who is the earliest author known by name?
Answer: Enheduanna
Why: She was the daughter of Sargon of Akkad and served as high priestess of the moon god Nanna at Ur.
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