Kings
Chandragupta Maurya built a powerful empire in this present-day country.
What is India?
These tiered pyramids were built in the cities of the Mesopotamia to worship their gods.
What are ziggurats?
Filial Piety is a major value in this Chinese -ism.
What is Confucianism?
These heavy seasonal storms are caused by wind patterns in India and South Asia.
What are Monsoons?
The ancient Egyptians invented a writing material made from this material.
What is papyrus?
This Babylonian king destroyed the Great Temple in Jerusalem and is said to have built the Hanging Gardens.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
Many religions have a god for this -- the Egyptians called him Ra while the Inca called him Inti.
What is the sun?
This belief system was founded by Laozi who sought 'the way' -- following the 'natural course' of events.
What is Daoism? (Taoism)
To farm along the Tigris and Euphrates, ancient Mesopotamian societies built dams and canals, creating a system of this.
What is Irrigation?
Indian society was divided into four main groups in this system.
This Chinese Emperor created unified rule over China, though his empire would barely outlast him.
Who is Qin Shi Huang (Shi Huangdi)?
Both Hinduism and Jainism value this concept of nonviolence.
What is Ahimsa?
People who follow this 'ism' believe that they can achieve 'Nirvana' by letting go of attachments.
What is Buddhism?
The Aztec built these artificial islands to farm in the middle of a lake.
What are Chinampas?
Chinese history follows this pattern in which a ruler claims the 'Mandate of Heaven' which is lost when problems arise.
Who is Pachacuti? (Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui)
The oldest examples of Chinese writing can be found on these objects used by priests.
What are Oracle Bones?
This polytheistic 'ism' was based on the ancient Vedas.
What is Hinduism?
Early Chinese societies emerged alongside the Huang He (Yellow River) which gets its color from these soil deposits.
What is Loess?
The Sumerians had cuneiform, the Phoenicians had this.
What is an alphabet?
One of the world's oldest surviving texts from Mesopotamia tells the tales of this legendary hero.
Who is Gilgamesh?
This ancient Persian religion worshiped a god called Ahura Mazda in constant battle with Ahriman.
What is Zoroastrianism?
A society can only flourish under strict laws and harsh punishments according to this 'ism.'
What is Legalism?
While the Nazca built geoglyphs, North American groups like the Adena, Hopewell, and Cahokia built these.
What are earthworks? (great mounds)
Both the Aztec and Maya developed solar versions of these.
What are Calendars?