100: What two rivers define Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Who is known as the "Father of Medicine" in ancient Greece?
Hippocrates
100: Who is considered the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
Who was one of the two greatest kings of Israel?
What is the world's longest river?
Nile
200: Which ancient civilization is recognized as the first and oldest historically recorded society?
Sumerians
What is the term for a Greek city-state, the central political unit of ancient Greece?
Polis
most important literature of Egyptians
Book of the Dead
Who was the Egyptian pharaoh known for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt
Menes
Japans most famous Mountain
Mt Fuji
300: What major contribution did the Sumerians make to timekeeping?
The lunar calendar
Who was the king of Sparta who led 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?
Leonidas
What religion developed in ancient India and is characterized by a belief in reincarnation?
Hinduism
Who was the first emperor of a united China?
Shih Huang Ti
Where did Cesar lead his army after disobeying orders
Rubicon River
Which civilization is considered the foundational culture for African societies?
Egypt
What were the two epic poems written by Homer?
Illiad and the Odyssey
What is nirvana in Buddhism
enlightenment
Which greek leader influenced much of Greek Religion of the "gods"
Homer
Most Famous temple in Rome
Pantheon
What large tiered structures were constructed by the Sumerians as religious temples?
Ziggurats
What was the legendary conflict between the Greeks and the city of Troy
Trojan War
What term refers to the period after the biblical flood?
Postdiluvian
Who built the largest continental empire in history?
Genghis Khan
What linked China with the Roman world?
Great Silk Road