The Ancient World
The hunk of rock that decoded hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The greatest Greek conqueror
Who was Alexander the Great?
The author/general/politician who risked all by crossing the Rubicon River
Who was Julius Caesar?
The warrior class of medieval Japan
Who were the Samurai?
The greatest polymath (all-around genius) of the Renaissance
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
The inventors of the world's first alphabet.
Who were the Phoenicians?
The warrior kingdom
What was Sparta?
The North African empire that fought Rome to the death
What was the Carthaginian Empire?
This tomb, constructed by a Mughal emperor, is arguably the most famous building in the world
What is the Taj Mahal?
His invention meant books for all
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
The author of the world's first organized code of written laws
Who was Hammurabi?
The site of a huge Greek victory over the Persians, 26.2 miles from Athens
What are the Plains of Marathon?
His deathbed conversion helped change Rome from a pagan empire to a Christian realm
Who was Constantine?
The system that determined a person's powers, duties, and obligations in medieval Europe
What was feudalism?
The German ex-priest who started the first Protestant Christian church
Who was Martin Luther?
The mythical master riddler of Ancient Egypt
What was the Sphinx?
The man who "knew nothing"
Who was Socrates?
The emperor whose reign began the long period of peace called the Pax Romana
Who was Augustus Caesar?
People said this medieval Chinese emperor was a great ruler, even though he seized power by murdering his own brother and father
Who was Taizong?
He bravely "paid with his head" for putting his loyalty to God ahead of his loyalty to King Henry VIII
Who was Saint Thomas More?
The world's first Emperor
Who was Sargon?
The helmet-wearing politician of the Golden Age of Athens
Who was Pericles?
The ruler of Rome for hundreds of years after the king Tarquinius Superbus was forced off the throne
What was the Roman Republic?
This medieval French heroine said, "All battles are first won or lost in the mind."
Who was Joan of Arc?
This Renaissance-era saint founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) to promote the Catholic faith and education
Who was Ignatius of Loyola?