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Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 21 June 2021

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Question 1: Referred to as the father of history, the Greek writer Herodotus wrote about the social, political, cultural and economic lead-up to, events and consequences of what?

A
The Trojan War
B
The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE)
C
The rise of the Roman Empire
D
The Greco-Persian Wars (499-479 BCE) and their preliminaries