the Ultimate Lost Civilizations Trivia Book: 500 Questions on Maya, Aztecs, Inca, Indus Valley, and Vanished Cultures of Our Past

Think you know the world's vanished cultures? Prove it. From the Maya and the Aztecs to the Indus Valley and Easter Island, The Ultimate Lost Civilizations Trivia Book packs 500 multiple-choice questions into ten themed rounds covering the empires, cities, and mysteries of cultures the modern world almost forgot. And after every round, a Deep Dive essay tells the real story behind one of their best-known myths or mysteries. What's inside: - 500 multiple-choice questions, 50 in each of 10 themed rounds, four options per question - An answer key after every round, with a one-sentence explanation for every answer - 10 Deep Dive essays, one after each round, each ending with its sources - A How to Play page for solo play, head-to-head races, or trivia night >The ten rounds: - The Classic Maya - The Aztec Empire - The Inca Empire - The Indus Valley Civilization - Mesoamerica Before the Aztecs - Mycenae, Minoans, and Hittites - Lost Egyptian Cities - Easter Island and Pacific Mysteries - Atlantis and Mythical Lost Lands >The Deep Dives include: - The Maya never disappeared; their cities' political system did - Tenochtitlan, the city the conquistadors thought was a dream - Machu Picchu was never actually lost - An Indus Valley city with better plumbing than 19th-century London - Was there really a "mother culture" of Mesoamerica? - The ancient script an architect cracked as a hobby - The two lost Egyptian cities that turned out to be one - Easter Island: the statues walked, and the society didn't destroy itself - How a philosophy lecture became the world's most famous lost continent >A great gift for archaeology fans, travelers, documentary watchers, and anyone who has ever wondered what is still out there waiting to be found. It works for family game nights, road trips, classrooms, and trivia nights, or for testing yourself one round at a time.