Mu’awiya I’s army supposedly sold the remnants of this structure to a Jewish merchant in Edessa, thus fulfilling a dream of Nebuchadnezzer. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this structure created from reforged bronze swords after a failed siege by Demetrius I. Chares (“CARE-ays”) of Lindos built this structure.
ANSWER: Colossus of Rhodes [accept the Statue of Helios at Rhodes; prompt on the Colossus or Statue of Helios]
[10m] After an earthquake, the Rhodeans rejected the offer of a ruler of this name to repair the Colossus. A member of the Diadochi with this name stole Alexander the Great’s body and interred it in Alexandria.
ANSWER: Ptolemy [accept Ptolemy I; accept Ptolemy III; accept Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr]
[10e] The Ptolemaic dynasty controlled this other Wonder of the Ancient World, which was the tallest man-made structure for over three millennia. This structure was built for Old Kingdom pharaoh Khufu.
ANSWER: Great Pyramid of Giza [or Great Pyramid of Khufu or Great Pyramid of Cheops; prompt on Khufu’s Pyramid of Cheops’s Pyramid; prompt on pyramid]
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