Kind of a Big Deal
The largest rift in the earth's surface
The Great Rift Valley
The strict social structure of India
The caste system
The oldest living civilization
China
The Greek "Father of History"
Herodotus
Best symbolizes the Egyptian conception of state and society
The pyramid
The great ruler of the Mali Empire in Africa
Mansa Musa
The beautiful building that was built as a tomb for a Mogul ruler's wife
Taj Mahal
The 3 major river valleys in Asia
Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, and Huang He
Spent 20 years in the service of the Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
The term given to warriors, or knights, of feudal Japan
Samurai
Africa's highest mountain
Kilimanjaro
The 2 territories that seceded from India to become independent states
Pakistan and Bangladesh
The highway that linked China to the Roman world
The Great Silk Road
Wrote the oldest surviving hymn
Clement
Vocation of Frumentius and Edesius
Missionaries
An important African city that became an Egyptian center of life and one of the great cities of the Arab world
Cairo
The dynasty that inaugurated India's "golden age"
Guptas
China's longest ruling dynasty
Chou
Built the greatest ancient civilization in Africa's interior
Cush
Built the Maurya Empire
Asoka
Ended the Middle Kingdom of Egypt
The Hyksos
Unlike India, these Southeast Asian countries give some measure of freedom to their people
Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines
The ancient name for China
Chung-kuo
The ancient name for Egypt
Mizraim
Alexander the Great's general that was given Egypt to rule
Ptolemy