Roman Republic to Empire

Trace ancient Egypt from the Nile to its rediscovery — kingdoms and pharaohs, religion and the afterlife, pyramids and monuments, daily life, hieroglyphs and knowledge, trade and warfare. The score reports correct answers in this round, not overall ability; interpretive questions reflect mainstream historians’ views, not single settled causes.

Trace ancient Greece from the city-states to Alexander — Athenian democracy, Sparta, the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, golden-age culture, philosophy, mythology, and Greek science. The score reports correct answers in this round, not overall ability; interpretive questions reflect mainstream historians’ views, not single settled causes.

Practise school medieval European history — from the end of Western Rome and Byzantium through Franks and Vikings, feudal society, manor life, the Church, castles, knights, towns and guilds, to the Crusades, Magna Carta and the Black Death. The score reports correct answers in this round, not overall history ability.