Show:
8000-600
600-600
600-1450
1450-1750
1750-Present
100
This is the earliest known writing that originated in Mesopotamia.
What is Cuneiform
100
Who was an Indian Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian Subcontinent from 269 BC to 232 BC.
Who is Ashoka
100
Sharia, geometry, poetry, and the astrolabe are just a few of the thing this religion is credited with.
What is Islam
100
This group conquered Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Ottomans.
100
This slave uprising and revolution led by Touissant became the model for Latin American revolutions.
What is the Haitian Revolution
200
This set of civil laws regulated prices, wages, commercial dealings, marital relationships, and the conditions of slavery.
What is Hammurabi's Code
200
This emperor spread hellenistic beliefs
Who is Alexander the Great
200
This major trade route moved slaves, ivory, gold, iron, and islam between East Africa and Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Route
200
This empire was a continuation of the Delhi Sultanate- descendents of the Mongol invaders. Land included modern day India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
What is the Mughal Empire
200
The Opium Wars were fought between what two countries?
What is China and Britain
300
This is the earliest recorded dynasty (1750-1027 B.C.E) its rise and success is based on technology, especially bronze.
What is the Shang Dynasty
300
The Chinese belief that said that heaven would grant an emperor power only as long as its rulers governed justly and wisely. Originated with the Zhou Dynasty (1100-256 BCE)
What is the Mandate of Heaven
300
This nomadic group from Central Asia conquered China, India, the Middle East, and the budding kingdom of Russia.
Who are the Mongols.
300
Whose goal was it to "Westernize" Russia?
Who is Peter the Great
300
This was an ideological "War" that established the U.S. foreign policy of containment.
What is the Cold War.
400
This is a collection of hymns, songs, prayers, and rituals honoring various Aryan gods.
What is the Vedas.
400
This trade route connected the Han and Roman Empires in classical times.
What is the Silk Road
400
The Great Schism or divide in 1054 occurred over this issue and resulted in two churches emerging: Eastern Orthodox (Byzantine Emperor) and Roman Catholic (Pope).
What is icons (iconoclasm).
400
Under the Tokugawa Shogunate these regional military and feudalistic leaders were unified.
What are Daimyos.
400
This organization was created at the end of World War II as a coalition dedicated to maintaining world peace and security. It now provides humanitarian assistance around the world to those in need.
What is the United Nations.
500
This region is home to the world's first two cities Ur and Babylon. This region was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What is Mesopotamia
500
This empire encompass three separate incarnations between about 550 BCE and 640 CE. The earliest was the Achaemenian Empire, which fell to the Alexander the Great. It later joined with Parthia, to form the Parthian Empire. This empire was weakened by Roman attacks and ultimately gave way to the southern Sassanid Empire, which fell to Arab invaders in 651 CE.
What is the Persian Empire
500
This Amerindian civilization is known for its advancements in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, architecture, and hieroglyphs.
Who are the Mayans.
500
What group controlled China during the Qing Dynasty?
What is the Manchus
500
Bosnia, Rwanda, Cambodia, and Germany are all sites where this took place.
What is genocide.