Women in History
This New Kingdom Pharaoh built more than any other pharaoh except for Ramses II.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Ancient Egyptians were the first to write on this material made from reeds, a precursor to paper.
What is papyrus?
Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Maghada Kingdom and then conquered huge areas of the Indian Subcontinent, creating this empire.
What is the Mauryan Empire?
Menes, also known as Narmer, was the first king to do this, beginning the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
What is unite Upper and Lower Egypt?
This mysterious group attacked Egypt during the reign of Ramses III. Together with famine and disease, they helped to bring about the collapse of the New Kingdom.
Who are the Sea Peoples?
Based on the images that survive of her, many people consider this wife of Akhenaten to be one of the most beautiful women in history.
Who is Nefertiti?
This Ancient Egyptian funerary text provides advice for how the soul should navigate the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
After the violence of the Kalinga War, this grandson of Chandragupta Maurya converted to Buddhism.
Who is Asoka?
The Age of Pyramids
What is the Old Kingdom of Egypt?
The Hyksos ruled Lower Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, but this southern neighbor snatched up a chunk of Upper Egypt.
What is Kush/Nubia?
When Hatshepsut died, she was buried in this location traditionally reserved for pharaohs--even though we might have referred to her as a queen.
What is the Valley of the Kings?
This section of the Mahabharata is famous in western culture mostly because of its similarity to a Christian text.
What is the Bagavad-Gita?
This Pharaoh successfully changed his kingdom's religion to the Cult of Aten, much to his people's displeasure.
Who is Akhenaten?
The Classical Period
What is the Middle Kingdom?
This massive statue built to guard Khufu's Great Pyramid was damaged by French soldiers when they invaded Egypt in 1798 CE.
What is the sphinx?
Egyptians believed that after death the soul of the deceased would face Ma'at, the goddess of this belief by which Egyptian pharaohs were expected to rule.
What is justice?
Archaeologists know that this civilization was an advanced society, but they would know a lot more if only they could translate their writing!
What is the Indus River Valley Civilization?
Although he successfully reversed his father's religious policies, this young Pharaoh is more famous for the discovery of his tomb.
Who is Tutankhamen?
The Golden Age of Egypt
What is the New Kingdom?
Nubia is famous for this expensive metal, one reason for the Egyptians of the New Kingdom to invade.
What is gold?
During her reign, Hatshepsut built more than almost any other Pharaoh and established new trade routes, but she is notable for not doing this, something almost every "Great" male ruler in history is famous for.
What is fight wars?
The Rosetta Stone helped Egyptologists translate the Ancient Egyptian script because the message on it was written in hieroglyphic, Ancient Greek, and this "shorthand" version of hieroglyphic.
What is demotic?
These two kings from two very different places share the distinction of being the ones to expand their empires more than any other ruler, but only one managed to earn the title "the Great."
Who are Ramses and Asoka?
No pharaoh here--this period of decentralized power saw regional nomarchs in control in Egypt.
What is the First Intermediate Period?
Archaeologists aren't sure why the Indus River Valley Civilization collapsed. Maybe disease or environmental change were the cause--or maybe this?
What is invasion?