Ancient Wonders
This ancient civilization is known for building pyramids and a powerful empire along the Nile.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This series of religious wars were fought between Christians and Muslims over control of the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
This Italian city is often considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
This revolution began in the 18th century and dramatically changed manufacturing processes.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This war, lasting from 1914 to 1918, involved many of the world's great powers.
What is World War I?
This ancient civilization is credited with creating the first alphabet.
Who are the Phoenicians?
This famous document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English monarch.
What is the Magna Carta?
This Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
This invention by James Watt greatly improved the efficiency of steam engines.
What is the Watt steam engine?
This global conflict, lasting from 1939 to 1945, involved most of the world's nations.
What is World War II?
This ancient structure, a wonder of the world, was built in Babylon.
What are the Hanging Gardens?
This deadly pandemic swept through Europe in the 14th century, killing millions.
What is the Black Death?
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg revolutionized the spread of information.
What is the printing press?
This system of manufacturing involved workers producing goods in their own homes and was common before the Industrial Revolution.
What is the cottage industry?
This 1969 event marked the first time humans set foot on the moon.
What is the Apollo 11 moon landing?
This ancient Greek city-state was known for its military prowess.
What is Sparta?
This architectural style, characterized by pointed arches and flying buttresses, was popular in the Middle Ages.
What is Gothic architecture?
This Renaissance figure is known for his notebooks filled with sketches and scientific observations.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized the cotton industry.
What is the cotton gin?
This movement in the 1960s and 70s sought to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This ancient civilization's code of laws is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This medieval institution was responsible for preserving knowledge and education during the Dark Ages.
What are monasteries?
This English playwright, known for works like 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet,' was a key figure of the Renaissance.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This social class expanded significantly as a result of industrialization.
What is the middle class?
This 1989 event symbolized the end of the Cold War and the division between East and West.
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?