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The Ancient Greeks established the original Olympic Games to honor this Greek god.
Who is Zeus?
100
The famous Greek doctor and scientist, Hippocrates, changed medical science of his time by doing this.
What is basing his treatment on reason instead of magic.
100
The region of Africa that is believed by historians to be the birthplace of the Bantu family of languages.
What is Nigeria and Cameroon?
100
The steppe in Russia provided civilizations there with this economic advantage.
What is fertile land for agriculture?
100
The struggle to defend one's faith is known in Islam by this Arabic word.
What is jihad?
200
This is the term for a city-state that is run by a group of nobles.
What is aristocracy?
200
Ancient Greek historian, Thucydides, felt that history should have these characteristics.
What are fair and accurate?
200
A society that traces its ancestry through its mothers is known by this term.
What is matrilineal?
200
This other agricultural region in Russia is known for its forests, rain, short growing season and long cold winters.
What is the taiga?
200
The alliance between these two civilizations was a main reason for the successful spread of Islam throughout the Middle East.
What are the Muslims and Turks?
300
This Ancient Greek leader is known for establishing a direct democracy in Athens.
Who was Cleisthenes?
300
This high mountain range is a geographic feature that separates the Italian peninsula from the rest of Europe.
What are the Alps?
300
In East Africa, power was derived from trade on this body of water.
What is the Indian Ocean?
300
In order to keep the peace in Russia, the Mongols demanded this.
What is heavy taxation?
300
In the Qur'an, women have these kinds of rights.
What property rights?
400
Simplicity and balance were the characteristics of this in ancient Greece.
What was Greek art?
400
As Rome got bigger, a wealthy class of businessmen and merchants became known as these.
What are equites?
400
These two characteristics link the Swahili people.
What are language and trade?
400
Ivan III established this form of government in early Russia.
What is an absolute monarchy?
400
This Mongol leader is responsible for Mongol invasion of Europe.
Who was Batu?
500
Plato's ideal government was an aristocracy, but instead of wealthy nobles, it was made up of this.
What is an intellectual upper class?
500
Ironically, this success of the Roman Empire led to its eventual decline.
What is rapid and abundant growth?
500
Historians look to the Justinian Code to discover lost information about this.
What is Roman history?
500
Mecca was not only the birthplace of Muhammad, but it was also a city on a trade route between Arabia and this country.
What is Syria?
500
Japan remained free of Chinese and Mongol influence/takeover because geographically it was this.
What is isolated from the world.
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