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Ancient Greece
Roman Empire
Byzantine Empire / Ancient Africa
Islam
Ancient India
100
The Athenian defensive alliance created under Pericles.
What is the Delian League?
100
The first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire.
Who is Constantine?
100
The wife of Emperor Justinian, who came from humble beginnings as a performer (and prostitute).
Who is Theodora?
100
The name of Islam's sacred text.
What is the Qur'an (Koran)?
100
The language of the Ancient Indian Vedas.
What is Sanskrit?
200
The Greek name given to a community of citizens that shared in political, social, and religious activities.
What is the polis?
200
Assembly within the Roman Republic that represented the interest of poor farmers.
What is the Council of the Plebs?
200
The title of the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is the Patriarch of Constantinople?
200
The name of the Islamic code of law.
What is Shar'ia?
200
The name given to the Hindu concept of rebirth.
What is reincarnation?
300
The legendary Greek poet whose works were considered authentic Greek history.
Who is Homer?
300
Member of the First Triumvirate that was assassinated.
Who is Julius Caesar?
300
The most famous Byzantine historian.
Who is Procopius?
300
An internationally significant Muslim medical scholar.
Who is Ibn Sina (Avicenna)?
300
The title of the Indian priestly class in the class system.
What is brahmin?
400
The famous Greek philosopher that tutored Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
400
Adjective used to describe Roman imperialism during the Pax Romana.
What is "defensive" (imperialism)?
400
The African kingdom most central in the regional gold trade.
What is Ghana?
400
The Islamic concept defined as "striving in the way of the Lord."
What is jihad?
400
The name of the Indian emperor that expelled Alexander the Great's administrators from the subcontinent?
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
500
The island that served as one of Ancient Greece's earliest civilizations.
What is Crete?
500
The Latin name given to the Roman theory of royal law.
What is Lex Regia?
500
The name of the Northern African kingdom that challenged Rome for regional imperial supremacy during the Punic Wars.
What is Carthage?
500
The mystical sect / faction of Muslims.
What are Sufis?
500
The name of India's first Buddhist emperor.
Who is Asoka?