This ancient god of thunder was the Aryans' main deity.
Who is Indra?
100
This lady ran her own estate, presided over sacrifices and even led successful military campaigns for his hubby, King Wu Ding.
Who is Fu Hao?
100
In this text, a human-god-mix, handsome bearded lad and his hairy friend have adventures, slay dragons and basically invent bromance.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
100
This Akkadian conqueror took over much of Mesopotamia near 2300 BCE.
Who is Sargon?
100
This part of Egypt borders with the Mediterranean sea to the North.
What is lower Egypt?
200
This ancient Egyptian god was ruler of the Underworld.
Who is Osiris?
200
This brown-skin beauty ruled over much of Egypt, apparently while fooling everyone with a fake beard.
Who is Hapshetsut?
200
According to this book, if your maat is heavier than an ostrich feather, you're not getting into the Eternal Life Club.
What is the Book of the Dead?
200
These semitic warriors came to rule over much of Egypt, ending the Old Kingdom period.
Who were the Hyksos?
200
This region north of Mesopotamia was the homeland of the Hittites.
What is Anatolia?
300
This ancient Mesopotamian god was jealous of everyone else. His followers even denied the others existed.
Who is Yahweh?
300
The highest post a woman could aspire to in ancient Mesopotamia was being the head honcho of a temple. She was called.
Who is a high priestess?
300
This complex text says that a woman who divorces her husband without good reason will be thrown into the water.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
These guys "ruled the school" in ancient Mesopotamia, extending their empire all the way to Egypt.
Who are the Assyrians?
300
This land traded animal skins, ivory and gold with other lands to the north.
What is Nubia?
400
This ancient civilization believed there are no better gods than grandma and grandpa.
What is ancient China?
400
Unlike much of the rest of the world, in this ancient society middle-class women could own land.
What is Egypt?
400
This book contains the Peasant's Protest.
What is the Book of Songs?
400
This ancient conqueror loved destroying great Hebrew temples and building flower gardens for his wife.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
400
This region of the world was colonized by agricultural Bantu migrants.
What is Sub-Saharan Africa?
500
These guys lived forever alone in forests and caves, and invented a new form of Hindu mysticism.
Who are hermits?
500
The regency position of "kandake" was held by women in this ancient society.
What is Kush (Nubia)?
500
Besides cuneiform writing, hieroglyphs and ancient chinese writing are all examples of this type of writing, which represents concepts with stylized images.
What is pictographic writing?
500
Besides the horse, this animal was also used as a devastating war aid in ancient India.
What is the elephant?
500
The ancient Egyptians traded with the land of "Punt," probably located near the modern African countries of...