Ancient Rome
Despite being dipped in the River Styx to make his body invulnerable, this hero died when he was hit in his one weak point- his heel.
Achilles
This poet of the Gupta Empire was known for his verses about love and the natural world.
Kalidasa
This Italian artist is considered the prime example of a "Renaissance Man", since he was well known for spreading his talents between several different fields, painting classics such as the Last Supper and coming up with ideas like the parachute.
Leonardo da Vinci
This part of the G.R.A.P.E.S. acronym refers to how people get the things they need to survive and thrive. During the Middle Ages, the main way that people achieved this was through trade.
Economy (E)
This innovation was originally used for fireworks, but by the 14th century, Europeans started to load it into cannons and its main use was established.
Gunpowder
This word describes someone who is paid to use their skills as a warrior by a military force that cannot always count on their loyalty.
Mercenary
The retaking of this city was the central objective of the Crusades.
Jerusalem
This Italian writer argued that the best leaders were feared, but not hated.
Machiavelli
This route connected east Asia to Northern Africa and the Mediterranean Sea.
Silk Road
These are the two main branches of Islam.
Sunni and Shiah
The "Era of the Good Kings" ended with his reign, though nowadays he is better known for his philosophy than for his skills as a emperor.
Marcus Aurelius
This political-religious institution is similar to a kingdom but its leader can be considered the leader of the entire Muslim world.
Caliphate
This Italian city was the center of Renaissance Europe since an exceptionally wealthy and powerful family lived there that was known for their patronage of artists.
Florence
At first, the center of Muslim government was in this city, in modern-day Saudi Arabia.
Mecca
This Roman emperor was the first to convert to Christianity.
Constantine
He was a major figure during the Trojan War, since it began when his wife, Helen, fled to Troy with Paris.
Menelaus
This tribe, which originated in the Arabian desert, were one of the first populations to adopt the new religion of Islam.
Bedouins
This Renaissance philosophy was typified by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focused not on religion but on what it is to be human.
Humanism
Ancient Rome was built along the banks of this swift-moving river.
Tiber
This social system was introduced by the Aryans to the Gupta Empire, and still exists today. It divides people into four groups and sets up rules for each group, including who each group can interact with.
Caste system
This king was the leader of the Huns during their skirmishes with the faltering Roman Legion during the last years of the empire.
Attila
Legend has it that Bodhidharma started this temple as a place to both practice Buddhism and a system of self-defense that became world famous as the martial art known as kung-fu.
Shaolin Temple
This German emperor who ruled around 1500 is known as the "Last Knight".
Maximilian
The capital Constantinople was established on the route that connected two important seas in the region, the Aegean Sea and this one.
Black Sea
If you wanted to work for the Tang Dynasty, you had to pass an exam. If you passed and became a government official, you became known as this.
Mandarin