Early Civilizations
This monumental Egyptian structure acted as a tomb for the Pharaoh in the Old Kingdom.
Pyramid
The Minoan civilization originated on this island, later the inspiration for the home of the Minotaur.
Crete
The Han empire utilized this philosophy to structure its state.
Confucianism/State Confucianism
Julius Caesar
The Black Death spread along these trade routes, known for bringing goods and ideas.
Silk Roads
These two rivers in Mesopotamia were known for their erratic flooding.
Tigris and Euphrates
This groups of mesoamericans had access to rubber trees, earning them this name which translates to "rubber people"
Olmec
This tradition from the Hundred Schools of Thought encouraged inaction or "non-action"
Daoism
The first emperor, he named himself the "revered one" and promised to "restore the republic".
Augustus/Octavian
Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, formed this empire in China.
Yuan
Besides being near rivers, this is a characteristic shared by all early civilizations.
Job specialization
This Aztec city had a sophisticated layout and monumental structures. It was attacked by Cortez in 1519.
Tenochtitlan
A nomadic culture that lived on the Inner Asian Steppe in the ancient world, posed a major threat to the Han, and controlled parts the silk roads.
Xiongnu
The common people of the Roman Republic, known for their tensions with the patricians.
The exchange of goods, culture, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds, after European contact with the Americas.
Columbian Exchange
Harappa and this city were in the Indus Valley Civilization.
Mohenjo-Daro
Alexander the Great is credited for the spread of this "greek like" culture.
Hellenistic/Hellenism
The merit based approach to government roles in the Han dynasty resulted in these to confirm eligibility for job roles.
Civil Service Exams
Roman daily life, and political life, placed a male in charge who was called this.
Paterfamilias
This was a deadly transport of kidnapped Africans and represented the second of the three legs of the Triangular Trade.
Middle Passage
This was the name that Mesopotamians called the Indus Valley civilization.
Meluhha
Alexander the Great conquered this culture establishing Ptolemaic rule there.
Egypt/Egyptian
State Confucianism was the model for Han bureaucracy, it combined Confucian thought with this other, harsher, philosophy, used by the Qin Dynasty.
Legalism
This conflict in the Roman republic was between the plebeians and the patricians, where the plebeians felt underrepresented in government.
Struggle of Orders
This writer and abolitionist published works about his own experiences being kidnapped and enslaved which helped to advance the abolitionist cause.
Olaudah Equiano