One of the earliest civilizations that existed in Mesoamerica.
Who are the Olmec?
100
The earliest dynasty in China, that rose in the Hwang Ho River Valley (also known as the Yellow River Valley).
What is Shang China?
100
A Egyptian system consisting of a series of pictures to represent letters and words.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
The empire found by Chandra Gupta the Great.
What is the Gupta Empire?
100
One of the first steps towards our modern legal codes, developed by the king of Babylon.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
200
A pre-Colombian Mayan city that features a tiered temple similar to Egyptian pyramids and Mesopotamian ziggurats.
What is Chichen Itza?
200
An idea developed during the Zhou Dynasty that would help support just rebellions in the future, claiming heaven would grant the Zhou power only as long as rulers would rule wisely.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
200
The king who united the entire Nile river valley.
Who is King Menes?
200
The first two major cities in the early Indus Valley Civilization.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
200
The people who developed Judaism.
Who are the Hebrews?
300
The "beasts of burden" in the Chavin civilization.
What is a llama?
300
The period in which the Great Wall of China was built.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
300
The migration of language, as well as knowledge of agriculture and metallurgy, in West Africa.
What is the Bantu migrations?
300
The religion Ashoka Maurya converted to later in his reign.
What is Buddhism?
300
The system in which goods are exchanged for other goods, which was prominent in Mesopotamia until the Lydians started to use coined money.
What is the barter system?
400
The most important Mayan political center, that may have been populated by as many as 100,000 people.
What is Tikal?
400
A system developed during the Zhou Dynasty so that different parts of the governments could specialize and stabilize, characterized by multiple departments called bureaus.
What is bureaucracy?
400
The first city in sub-Saharan Africa.
What is Jenne-Jeno?
400
A mountain pass that passed through the Hindu Kush Mountains, providing a connection to the outside world.
What is Khyber Pass?
400
Sumerian temples, which were terraced pyramids meant to appease their gods.
What are ziggurats?
500
A period of constant achievements in scholarly and artistic subjects in Mesoamerica that lasted from 500 - 850 CE.
What is the golden age of the Mayan Civilization?
500
Often called the Warrior Emperor, he enlarged the Han Empire to central Asia, extending trade as well.
Who is Wu Ti?
500
The first female ruler known in history.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
500
Where the Aryans recorded their Hindu beliefs and traditions.