Religions
This religion is credited with originating the personification of the good/evil divide, but is mostly known for their obsession with fire.
What is Zoroastrianism?
This Dynasty, though it only lasted for twenty years, is notably for starting construction on the Great Wall and for burying numerous terracotta soldiers.
What is Qin?
These two branches of Islamic society came about after an authoritative crisis couldn't pick a successor between a relative and a student of Muhammad.
What are Shiite and Suni?
The sea-linked Srivijaya Empire were known as a hub for this type of Buddhism, which emphasizes Monastaries while taking some pressure off the backs of Nirvana-seeking followers.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
Mayans invented this still-in-use concept to explain the presence of non-values within number sets. Even the Greeks could never figure this out!
What is 0?
Who is YHWH? (Yahweh)?
Many East Asian societies had this type of government, translated as "Rule by the Capable"
Meritocracy
This subset of Islam hopes to promote the more "spiritual" and "supernatural" aspects of it, and to make people more subservient to their God.
What is Sufism?
This movement of Hinduism was much more personal than it was spiritualism, and it was open to all castes and genders.
What is the Bhakti Movement?
The civilization known commonly as the "Aztecs" lived in this once-domineering Central American empire, and they were only called Aztecs by outsiders.
What is Mexica?
What is Hajj?
This class of Asian soldier stood for honor and servitude, but ironically, was almost never given more rights than even the most common of peasants.
Who are Samurai?
This once-Islamic superpower in Europe stood at the heart of the prosperity of global religions at the time, diffusing ideas between multiple cultures and numerous countries.
What is Islamic Spain?
A militarily-domineering force on Cambodia and Vietnam for several years, this empire was culture-bound to the degree of having festivals in the streets and building the towering Angkor Wat.
What is the Khmer Empire?
Many Central American governments were of this type of government where power is laid in the hands of the religious elite.
What is a Theocracy?
These holy texts, vital to Buddhism, tell of the path to enlightenment and the journey of the Buddha.
What are the Sutras?
This type of rice almost single-handedly ended a major food crisis when it was discovered to be resistant to droughts.
What is Champa Rice?
This empire in the Middle East and western Asia was founded by Turkish immigrants, and became the first major Islamic settlement to gain prominence outside of the Arabian peninsula.
What is the Seljuk Empire?
The Rajputs thrived due to their alliance with this other Asian empire, a successor empire to the once-world-conquering Mongols with a very similar name.
Who are the Mughals?
This civilization had no currency whatsoever, and were entirely barter-based. Their name comes from a translation of "People from the Sun".
Who are the Incas?
This founder of Daoism rejected governmental authority and believed in fulfillment of the self.
Who is Laozi?
This syncreticization of Buddhism with ethnic Japanese religions focused on honor, dignity, and personal responsibility.
What is Zen?
This Sultanate in India was known for uniting the region under a single cultural banner, and from furthering the spread of Islamic art and architecture in southern Asia.
What is the Delhi Sultanate?
This for-some-reason unconquerable region withstood invasions from India, China, Vietnam, and Japan. Much later, it would also "survive" a gigantic scuffle with itself.
What is Korea?
At the time of great prosperity in Central America, this civilization in Mississippi took dominion over what would later become the United States and established itself as the first major power in the region.
What is Cahokia?