Ancient Civilizations
Famous Places
Famous People
Innovations
Medieval Events
100
This iconic civilization and its mummies lasted thousands of years building great stone temples, statues, and pyramids.
What is Egypt?
100
This river was an irreplaceable source of fresh water and farmland for Egyptian, Roman, and Muslim empires for millennia.
What is the Nile River?
100
This legendary warrior king conquered most of the ancient world before suddenly dying at age 33.
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
This Chinese invention enabled the vast empire to keep records, create money, and record knowledge at an unprecedented scale.
What is paper?
100
These ferocious pagan warriors terrorized peoples around the North Sea for centuries, eventually settling down to live in places like Britain and Normandy.
Who are the Vikings?
200
This great empire conquered the entire Mediterranean world, and its language, architecture, church, law (and more) still remain foundational pillars of the Western world.
What is Rome?
200
This region (formerly known as Gaul) became the greatest kingdom in Europe during the Middle Ages.
What is France?
200
This great Frankish king (and emperor) is often known as the "Father of Europe" because of the lasting legacy he left on the continent.
Who is Charlemagne?
200
This Chinese invention amazed outsiders, who saw it used both in great celebrations and for new, terrifying weapons.
What is gunpowder?
200
These holy wars helped unite Catholic Europe, strengthening the church military and financially while defeating Muslims and pagans along the fringes of Europe.
What are the Crusades?
300
This mountainous region and its small city-states developed the most famous philosophy and literature of the ancient world.
What is Greece?
300
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This massive structure was built to protect from Mongol invasions (unfortunately, it didn't work forever)
What is the Great Wall of China?
300
This warlord united the Mongol tribes into the fiercest, most terrifying fighting force that the world had ever seen.
Who is Genghis Khan?
300
The development of permanent agriculture allowed humans to settle down as farmers and stop living as _______________.
What are hunter-gatherers?
300
This new religion, founded by Muhammad, quickly inspired Arab tribes to unite and conquer huge swathes of North Africa and the Middle East.
What is Islam?
400
This region was ruled by many dynasties over the years, but for centuries, it remained the center of a large, multicultural empire connecting Asia and the Mediterranean.
What is Persia?
400
This great city was the center of the Roman empire for nearly 1,000 years until it was looted by Crusaders in 1204 AD.
What is Constantinople?
400
This Venetian merchant traveled throughout Asia along the Silk Road in the 1200s, finally returning home 20 years later with remarkable stories of his adventures in China.
Who is Marco Polo?
400
This network of trade routes through Central Asia, named after its most valuable product, connected China and India with the Muslim & Christian world.
What is the Silk Road?
400
This was the title that Charlemagne was given by the Pope when he was crowned on Christmas Day, 800 AD - it would remain one of the most powerful crowns in Europe for another 1,000 years.
What is the Holy Roman Emperor?
500
This empire was the wealthiest, most populous, and most advanced on Earth for centuries, yet its geography often isolated it from the rest of the ancient world.
What is China?
500
This former Roman province spent hundreds of years as the center of many wars between Muslims and Catholics
What is Spain?
500
This Norman king is still the most recent leader to successfully invade Britain, taking the English throne in 1066 AD.
Who is William the Conqueror?
500
This new medieval social system created a complex, tangled set of obligations and rights for the king, nobles, church, and ordinary peasants, creating a unique balance of power throughout Europe's many kingdoms.
What is feudalism?
500
When Vikings settled in the Slavic lands of Eastern Europe and unified them into new kingdoms, they became known as __________.
Who are the Rus?