Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus Valley
Shang
Belief Systems
100
The first emperor.
Who is Sargon?
100
This pharaoh began worshipping one god--Aton.
Who is Akhenaton?
100
The nomadic group who migrated into India and brought many of their beliefs.
Who are the Aryans?
100
The supreme god of ancient China.
What is Shang Di?
100
Achieving moksha is a goal of this religion.
What is Hinduism?
200
Created a code of laws that written in Cuneiform and placed throughout the empire.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
Egypt was divided into 3 kingdoms. List them and tell me when the pyramids were built.
What are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom--the Old Kingdom?
200
This animal was sacred to the people of the Indus Valley.
What is the bull or cow?
200
Our first record of Chinese written language can be found on these.
What are oracle bones?
200
He left his life of luxury on a quest to find the end of suffering.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
300
Known for reconstructing Babylon with canals, temples, the Gate of Ishtar and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
300
A system of government that involves different job functions and and levels of authority.
What is a bureaucracy?
300
Social order was clear in India because of this.
What is the caste system?
300
The Zhou used this to justify their rebellion against the Shang.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
300
Laozi is the founder of this philosophy which teaches harmony with nature.
What is Daoism?
400
Used the wealth of conquests honoring the god Assur to build one of the world's first libraries in Nineveh.
Who is Assurbanipal?
400
She wore a beard and ruled for her stepson Thutmose III.
Who is Hatshepsut? How did she expand Egypt's power?
400
The great myth of India that tells the story of the daring Rama and his beautiful wife Sita.
What is the Ramayana?
400
The system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other forms of support to the leader.
What is feudalism?
400
Filial piety is an important part of this philosophy which is based on 5 relationships.
What is Confucianism?
500
May have been a real king from Uruk and his story involves a great flood.
Who is Gilgamesh?
500
The first recorded peace treaty was between the Egyptians and this group who discovered ironworking.
Who are the Hittites?
500
The great myth of India that tells the story of 5 royal brothers. The god Krishna instructs Prince Arjuna on the importance of duty over personal desires.
What is the Mahabharata?
500
The name of the period during which Confucius and Laozi lived.
What is the Warring States Period/ the Hundred Schools of Thought Period
500
This leader converted to Buddhism after a horrific slaughter. He then sent missionaries to spread the religion and had stone pillars set up offering moral advice based on the religion.
Who is Asoka?
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