Prehistory
Mesopotamia/ Egypt
Greece/ Persia
India
Rome
100
The period when all humans lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle
What is the Paleolithic Age?
100
The term for rulers of ancient Egypt
What are pharaohs?
100
The Greek military formation using shields and spears
What is a phalanx?
100
The name used by Siddhartha Gautama after his enlightenment
What is Buddha ("Enlightened One")?
100
The position held by Gaius Julius Caesar at the time of his death
What is dictator?
200
Made by combining tin and copper, historians consider the use of this metal as the start of a new period
What is bronze?
200
The Egyptian deity who weighs the hearts of the dead
Who is Anubis?
200
The battle in which Athens defeated a Persian army, leading to the Greco-Persian Wars
What is Marathon?
200
The empire which pushed the Macedonians from the Indus Valley and united most of India
What is the Maurya Empire?
200
The powerful elected position at the top of Roman government, held by two men for a term of one year
What is a consul?
300
They were the closest genetic relatives of modern humans, going extinct about 40,000 years ago
What are Neanderthals?
300
Which ancient ruler is famous for his influential code of 282 laws
Who is Hammurabi?
300
The Achaemenid King who founded the Persian Empire through widespread military conquests
Who is Cyrus?
300
The end of the cycle of rebirth when one finally achieves ultimate enlightenment, according to Buddhism
What is nirvana?
300
The top social class in the Roman Repuiblic
What are patricians?
400
The last of the "Metal Ages" and the transition point from prehistory into history
What is the Iron Age?
400
The two rivers that give Mesopotamia its name
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
400
The Greek word for a city-state (the type of small, independent region common throughout ancient Greece)
What is "polis"?
400
The empire which ruled during the so-called "golden age of Indian culture," when India saw great advancements in science, trade, and the arts
What is the Gupta Empire?
400
The representatives of the plebeian council who could sit in on senate meetings and check senatorial power
What are tribunes?
500
The last continent to be permanently settled by humans
What is South America?
500
The person who created the world's first empire, initially the king of Akkad
Who is Sargon?
500
He was called the "Father of History" by Cicero, made famous by writing a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars
Who is Herodotus?
500
The highest caste in Hindu society, not be confused with the spiritual force of the universe
What are brahmins?
500
The powerful political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompey Magnus, and Marcus Licinius Crassus
What is the First Trimuvirate?