Ancient Persia
This ruler, known as "The Great," united Persia, Media, and Lydia around 550 BCE to establish the Persian Empire.
Who was Cyrus the Great?
Unlike Athens' democracy, Sparta was ruled by a council of two kings and military elders, this government is called what?
What is an oligarchy?
Rome's first written code of laws was inscribed on tablets and known by this name.
What are the Twelve Tables?
The Aryans introduced this rigid social hierarchy to Indian society.
What is the Caste System?
Qin Shi Huang unified China using this strict and ruthless political philosophy.
What is Legalism?
To govern its vast territory, the Persian Empire was divided into provinces ruled by local governors called this/
What are satraps
Athens was one of the first civilizations to use this form of government.
What is Democracy?
What was the governing body of the Roman Republic called?
The Senate
In Hinduism, this concept holds that a person's actions in life determine their form in the next life.
What is Karma?
To establish an elite bureaucracy, the Han Dynasty used this examination system.
What is the Civil Service Exam?
Founded by Zoroaster, this state religion of Persia focused on truth.
What is Zoroastrianism?
This Macedonian king called "The Great," conquered Greece, Persia, Egypt, and parts of India.
This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with war elephants during the Punic Wars.
Who was Hannibal?
The Mauryan ruler Asoka converted to this religion after witnessing the destruction of the conquest of Kalinga.
What is Buddhism?
This Chinese philosophy emphasized cosmic harmony, passive energy plow, and withdrawing from society.
What is Daoism?
What is the Royal Road?
Hellenistic culture was a blend of Greek, Persian, Indian, and this culture.
What is Egyptian culture?
The 200-year period of relative stability, economic prosperity, and lack of civil war in Rome is known as this.
What is the Pax Romana?
During the GUpta Dynasty, Indian mathematicians developed the decimal system and this revolutionary mathematical concept.
What is zero?
Two major technological inventions created during the Han Dynasty were the seismograph and this writing material.
What is paper?
Modern-day country where the Persian Empire was originally established
What is Iran?
These two geographical features isolated early Greek communities, leading to independent city-states.
What are mountainous terrain and deep seas?
Emperoror Constantine legalized Christianity throughout the Roman Empire by issuing this decree.
What is the Edict of Milan?
This ancient trade network allowed monks and merchants to spread Buddhism across Asia
What is the Silk Road?
The Han Dynasty collapsed partly due to a massive peasant uprising known by this name.
What is the Yellow Turban Rebellion?