The Stone Age
The Stone Age is the period that occurred prior to the birth of this.
This is one of six points in the world where civilization emerged independently.
What is a cradle of civilization?
This was the name of the first civilization in history, which emerged in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
This is the name of the civilization that emerged in ancient India.
What is the Indus Valley civilization?
This system of writing was invented by the ancient Egyptians.
What is hieroglyphics?
Construction on this world wonder began during the Qin Dynasty, China's third dynasty.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This was the middle period of the Stone Age, when artwork and paintings began to develop.
What was the Mesolithic Period?
All cradles of civilization emerged alongside these.
What are rivers?
This system of writing was invented by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
Since they each had their own ruler and their own laws, the kingdoms of the Vedic Period were this.
What is decentralized?
This Egyptian sun god was the preeminent god of the Old Kingdom.
Who is Ra?
This dynasty, also China's first dynasty, was a cradle of civilization.
What was the Shang Dynasty?
These two developments during the Neolithic period of the Stone Age allowed civilization to develop.
What is farming and the domestication of animals?
Unlike Mesopotamia, India, Egypt, and China, these two cradles of civilization occurred in the Americas.
What are Mexico and Peru?
This Babylonian king invented the first known system of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
Despite having many deities, the Hindu religion is actually this.
What is monotheistic?
The pyramids, the Sphinx, and other colossal monuments were built during this period of ancient Egypt.
What is the Old Kingdom?
These are the three philosophies that attained the most power in China during the Zhou Dynasty.
What is Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism?
This development marked the beginning of the Stone Age (the Paleolithic period).
What is the creation of tools?
The Caral-Supe cradle of civilization existed in what is now this country today.
What is Peru?
This was the name of the first empire (not civilization) in history.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
This term refers to the Hindu belief that we are born again after death.
What is reincarnation?
Ancient Egypt reached new heights of military strength and conquest during this period.
What is the New Kingdom?
The teachings of this Chinese philosophy emphasize family, and state that humans are inherently good (but must be taught the right way to act).
What is Confucianism?
These are the three periods of the Stone Age.
What are Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic?
The Olmec cradle of civilization existed in what is now this country today.
What is Mexico?
When the Akkadian Empire, which conquered Sumer and Elam, collapsed, these three civilizations developed in its former territory.
What were Assyria, Babylon, and Elam?
These were the sixteen kingdoms that developed after the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization, during the Vedic period.
What were the Mahajanapadas?
This famous pharaoh led the New Kingdom of Egypt to greatness.
Who was Ramses II?
The teachings of this Chinese philosophy emphasize spirituality, and state that we are all one.
What is Taoism?