Ancient India
This is the name of the River along which India's earliest cities grew.
Indus River
This is the name of the plateau that separates India and the Himalayas from China
Tibetan Plateau
This mountain is the highest and most famous in Japan
Mt. Fuji
This is the name of the Island on which the ancient Palace of Knossos is located.
Crete
The city of Rome was founded on the banks of this Italian river.
Tiber River
This is the word for a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia,
Monsoon
According to Chinese historians, this is the name of the man who started the first Chinese dynasty.
Yu the Great
The Kanto Plain in Japan is where much of the country's population lives, and includes this city, Japan's biggest.
Tokyo
Of Greece's city-states, this is the one most associated with the rise of Democracy.
Athens
One myth of Rome's founding states that the city was named after this man, who killed his brother Remus
Romulus
These are the most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance
Vedas
The name of this river in China comes from the silt that its waters carry, creating its distinctive color.
Yellow River
This ancient Korean legend tells the story of this person, Korea's first King.
Tangun (Dangun)
This epic written by Homer tells the story of early Greek warriors against the city of Troy
The Iliad
This is the name of the system of laws that governed the Roman Republic
Twelve Tables
Siddartha Gautama is regarded as the founder of this ancient religion
Buddhism
Writing originated in the Shang Dynasty, with writing found on these.
Oracle Bones
These people lived in Japan from approximately 300 BCE to 300 CE
Yayoi people
The Peloponnesian War was an ancient conflict fought primarily between the city of Athens and this Greek city-state.
Sparta
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and this ancient Mediterranean City-State
Carthage
This is the name of the people who are believed to have migrated into the Indus River Valley around the time of the collapse of the early cities.
Aryans
The massive tomb with thousands of terracotta warriors was created for emperor Shi Huangdi during this dynasty.
Qin Dnyasty.
This name of this period in Korea's history was when the country was divided into the kingdoms of Silla, Goguryeo, and Paekche.
Three Kingdoms Period
It is believed that a tsunami caused by the eruption of a volcano contributed to the collapse of this early Greek civilization.
Minoan
Rome's civil wars included a conflict among three generals: Crassus, Pompey, and this man.
Julius Caesar