EARLY HUMANS & CIVILIZATIONS
The shift from hunting and gathering to farming is known by this name.
Neolithic Revolution
Athens is most famous for inventing this system of government.
Democracy (or Direct Democracy)
Japan's feudal code of honor for samurai warriors.
Bushido
The medieval system in which land was exchanged for loyalty and military service.
Feudalism
The Hindu goal of liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
Moksha
Hammurabi's Code was one of the world's first examples of this.
Written Code of Law
This Athenian statesman led Athens during its Golden Age
Pericles
The Pax Mongolica was historically important because it secured this ancient trade network for safe commerce.
Silk Road
The Magna Carta (1215) was important because it did this to the English king's power.
Limited his power or Established the Rule of Law (that applied to the king too)
The original cause of the Sunni-Shia split in Islam.
Dispute over who should lead the Muslim community after Muhammad's death (will also accept direct descendant of Mohammed / Ali v. best qualified leader)
This stone artifact helped historians decode Egyptian hieroglyphics in 1822.
Rosetta Stone
Rome's written law code, displayed publicly for all citizens to see.
Twelve Tables
In Japan's feudal system, this person held the real political power — not the emperor.
Shogun
What was the main cause of the Black Death?
Fleas on rats (and its spread to other animals)
The Great Schism of 1054 split Christianity into these two branches.
Catholic and Orthodox (also Greek Orthodox)
Phoenicians contributed this and it led to the development of other languages.
First alphabet (22-letter system)
What was the period of economic growth, peace, stability, and cultural achievement in Rome?
Pax Romana
The Song Dynasty is notable for developing these two innovations.
Paper money, gunpowder and / or magnetic compass (will accept 2)
Mali's ruler famous for his 1324 pilgrimage to Makkah, bringing so much gold it crashed regional economies.
Mansa Musa
The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism teach that suffering exists and can be overcome by following this.
Eightfold Path
Egypt was generally more stable than Mesopotamia for two specific geographic reasons — name both.
Predictable Nile Flooding & surrounding desert that protected from invasions
The Byzantine Empire survived ~1,000 years after Rome's fall largely by preserving these two things.
Roman & Greek knowledge and culture (will accept similar answers)
The Chinese dynasty that drove out the Mongols and built the Forbidden City.
Ming Dynasty
West African oral historians who preserved history and traditions through speech and song.
Griots
This Chinese philosophy teaches strict laws and harsh punishments because it views humans as naturally selfish.
Legalism