The form of government that Augustus began in Rome.
What is an empire?
100
The earliest dynasty in China, that rose in the Hwang Ho River Valley (also known as the Yellow River Valley).
What is Shang China?
100
A Egyptian system consisting of a series of pictures to represent letters and words.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
The empire found by Chandra Gupta the Great.
What is the Gupta Empire?
100
One of the first steps towards our modern legal codes, developed by the king of Babylon.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
200
TWO different trade routes that the Roman Empire participated in
What is the Mediterranean and Silk Roads?
200
An idea developed during the Zhou Dynasty that would help support just rebellions in the future, claiming heaven would grant the Zhou power only as long as rulers would rule wisely.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
200
The king who united the entire Nile river valley.
Who is King Menes?
200
This belief system told people that their behavior in the present would determine the social caste into which they were reincarnated.
What is Hinduism?
200
The people who developed Judaism.
Who are the Hebrews?
300
This is the name of the longest road in Persia
What is the Great Royal Road?
300
The period in which the Great Wall of China was built.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
300
Two major trade goods spread along the Trans-Saharan trade network.
What are salt and gold?
300
The religion Ashoka Maurya converted to later in his reign.
What is Buddhism?
300
These people came from Mesopotamia to invade Egypt thanks to their use of iron and chariots.
Who are the Hyksos?
400
This happened to the Roman Empire as it got too big to efficiently manage.
What is splitting in two?
400
A system developed during the Zhou Dynasty so that different parts of the governments could specialize and stabilize, characterized by hiring people to work for the government to carry out its laws.
What is bureaucracy?
400
Structures built to emphasize the divine quality of deceased pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
400
This was the top social class in classical India.
What are the Brahmins?
400
Sumerian temples, which were terraced pyramids meant to appease their gods.
What are ziggurats?
500
These people ended up invading the Roman Empire.
Who are barbarians/Germanic tribes?
500
This belief system emphasized the proper behavior of each member of society.
What is Confucianism?
500
The first female ruler known in history.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
500
Where the Aryans recorded their Hindu beliefs and traditions.
What are the Vedas and the Upanishads?
500
At first, Mesopotamian civilization was divided into these, which were frequently warring with one another.