Greece
The two most famous ancient Greek city states?
What are Athens & Sparta?
Mathematic concepts famously invented by India in their golden age
What are the concept of zero, pi, and decimals?
A day-(in)to-day invention
What is the Calendar?
The bedrock philosophy for the Qin dynasty
What is legalism?
The peninsula where Rome is located
Where is Italy?
The society (out of the 5) which rose where the dinosaurs fell (☄️)
Who were the Mayans?
The area on a hilltop above a Greek city-state featuring defensive equipments and temples
What is an acropolis?
The famous Buddhist head of the Mauryan Empire
Who is King As(h)oka?
The continent where they were most active
Where is North America?
The good Han China was most famous for exporting/trading to other countries along international roads
What is silk?
Irrigation systems for ancient Rome
What are aqueducts?
This leader (out of the 5) was obsessed with trying to find an elixir of immortality ⚗️
Who is Qin Shi Huang?
A government system made famous by the Athenians
What is democracy?
The religion that coexisted along with Buddhism, in the region, during the Maurya period
What is Hinduism?
An innovative staircase of irrigation
What is Terrace Farming?
A timely metal the Han Chinese were experts in
What is iron?
The equivalent of a president in the modern system of US government
What is a consul?
The leader of this society (of the 5) created the world's first veterinary clinic 🐾
What is Mauryan India?
Famous Greek philosopher who was toxic as a hemlock sip
Who is Socrates?
This empire featured the Golden Age of ancient India
What is the Gupta Empire?
A Mesopotamian feature which Mayan temples resemble
What are ziggurats?
Qin Shi Huang's notorious, nationwide building project
What is the Great Wall?
The Roman government system before the empire
What is a republic?
This society (of the 5) invented theatrical performance through a growing tradition of *extremely* expressive choruses
Who are the ancient Greeks?
He is responsible for conquering the majority of the Mediterranean in the name of Greece
Who is Alexander the Great?
The first major ruler of the Mauryan Empire, from which the empire gets its name
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
A sacred, sacrificial practice meant to transfer energy to the divine
What is bloodletting?
Qin Shi Huang's after-death insurance plan for reconquering and stabilizing China
What is the Terra Cotta army?
The first emperor of Rome
Who is Augustus Caesar?
While the Romans may have called them Punic, this is what we call the people of Carthage at its height 🐦🔥
Who are the Phoenicians?
A war between Sparta & Athens - destabilized them enough to leave Greece open for conquest
What is the Peloponnesian War?
In this way, Ashoka tried to make his Edicts (laws) more accessible to the public
How is putting his laws in the center of settlements for people to read/have the laws read to them
Like the Egyptian Pharaoh, the head of the Mayan Empire was seen not only as an emperor, but also this.
What is a god/divine?
A merit-based way to determine job aptitude in Han China
What is the civil service exam?
The consul who became dictator-for-life
Who is Julius Caesar?
The major empire which Cyrus the Great ruled
What is the Persian Empire?
Shared Greek and Mediterranean cultural diffusion, mainly through expansions of Alexander the Great
What is Hellenism?
The Buddhist principle of duty and purpose which the Mauryan Empire was shaped around
What is dharma?
Mayans didn't have total control over all the individual city-states they had major influence/sway in, but we still refer to them as if they were by calling them this
What is an empire?
The bedrock philosophy of the successful Han college system
What is Conucianism?
The infamous-to-Romans commander of the Carthaginians during the Second Punic War
Who is Hanniabal?
A powerful and strategic leader in their own right, the leader of this society deepened their influence through relationships with two Roman consuls
What is Egypt?