ANCIENT HISTORY
Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt's 18th Dynasty dressed as a man so that she could remain this type of king
Pharoah
While veins carry blood toward the heart, arteries carry blood away from the heart, with this one being the largest
Aorta
BNN
Banana
Your google maps:
GPS
Global Positioning System
Ants of the subfamily ponerinae are so socially primitive that this ant has to forage for itself instead of being attended to
Queen
His father told him to "Seek out a kingdom worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee"
Alexander the great
This reddish-brown organ, the largest inside the body, is believed to perform at least 500 functions
Liver
PPY
papaya
Your charger:
USB
Universal Serial Bus
This sense is said to be keener in raptors, such as hawks, than in any other creature
eyesight
In 1700 B.C. the palace of Knossos on this Minoan island was destroyed by an earthquake
Crete
Hormones from this gland at the base of the neck control the body's metabolism
Thyroid gland
PSSN
Passion fruit
A lawyer you don't want to have to face:
DA
District Attorney
The Asian parrot named for this mammal sleeps hanging upside-down
Bat parrot
The son of Suddhodana, a wealthy ruler, he was born in what's now Nepal around 563 B.C.
These 3 pairs of glands, including the sublingual ones, are what make your mouth water
Salivary gland
Durian
An impersonal greeting that starts a letter:
TWIMC
To Whom It May Concern
Though it lives in the ocean, this tasty clawed creature is an arthropod, just like insects and spiders — which is why some people call it a "sea bug"
Lobster
This Babylonian king's code states that if a son strikes his father, the son's hands shall be cut off
Hammurabi
The plantar fascia is a thick band of tissue that keeps the bones of this body part in place
Feet
LV
Olive
The Patriot is this type of missile:
SAM
Surface-to-Air missile
With only 4 species, these laughing African carrion eaters make up the smallest carnivore family
Hyenas