| EBLA | Ancient city in present-day Syria |
| PHOENICIA | Ancient region in the region of present-day Syria and Lebanon |
| ARAM | Ancient region, covering much of modern-day Syria, giving its name to an important Semitic language (4) |
| BABYLON | Ancient city in present-day Iraq |
| PETRA | Ancient city in present-day Jordan (5) |
| TROY | Legendary ancient city, in present-day Turkey, which seems to have really existed (4) |
| ANTIOCH | Ancient city (in present-day Turkey) founded by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals (7) |
| TROJAN | Inhabitant of an ancient city in present-day Turkey, thought for many years to be a myth (6) |
| NINEVEH | Bygone city in present-day Iraq, once the world's most populous |
| IONIA | Ancient region in anatolia in present-day Turkey (5) |
| XANTHUS | Chief city of ancient Lycia taken by the Romans whose remains lie in present-day Turkey (7) |
| ASSYRIA | Ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq (7) |
| INCA | Ancient empire centered in present-day Peru |
| SUMER | Ancient region of southern Babylonia, in present-day Iraq (5) |
| ICENI | Tribe of ancient Britons led by Boudicca in present-day Norfolk and Suffolk (5) |
| ELAM | Ancient kingdom, also called Susiana after its capital Susa, in present-day Iran (4) |
| IRAQ | Egyptian sun god involved in intelligence in present-day Mesopotamia (4) |
| NABATAEAN | Member of an Arabian people who lived around Petra, in present-day Jordan, in the Hellenistic and Roman periods (9) |
| REALMADRID | Country free to invite in present-day soccer team |
| HOTTEMPERED | Fiery and extreme English politician in present day (3-8) |
