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The Crescent is Fertile
Land of Pyramids and Pygmies
"Don't Squish the Grasshopper!"
Enter the Dragon
Pre-Colombian Hemisphere
100
This term refers to the belief in one god.
What is monotheism
100
This river is the longest in the world and serves as the principle source of water flowing through North Africa. It fostered the development and expansion of agricultural societies in ancient Egypt and Nubia.
What is the Nile
100
This term refers to the hierarchical social system that determined the place that individuals and groups occupied in Aryan society. The four main social groups consisted of the brahmins(priests), kshatriyas (warriors and aristocrats), vaishyas (merchants), and shudras (peasants).
What is Caste
100
In China, agricultural societies flourished along the Yangtze and this river (also known as “China’s Sorrow”).
What is Yellow River
100
The bustling city of Teotihuacan rested near the location of where this large modern city exists today
What is Mexico City
200
This domesticated animal proved instrumental in the process of migration and expansion of Indo-European peoples into Southwest Asia.
What is the Horse
200
The most enduring symbol of the authority and divine status of Egyptian kings, also known as by this term, are the massive pyramids constructed during the Old Kingdom as royal tombs.
What is Pharaoh
200
This term refers to the practice of widowed women voluntarily throwing themselves on the funeral fire consuming their husbands to illustrate her devotion to him by joining him in death.
What is Sati
200
This Zhou political theory rested on the assumption that earthly events were closely related to heavenly affairs. They believed heavenly powers granted the right to an individual to govern and the ruler (also known as the son of heaven) served as a link between heaven and earth.
What is the Mandate of Heaven
200
This group of Mesoamericans, known as the “rubber people”, developed ceremonial centers in San Lorenzo, La Venta, and Tres Zapotes in the Gulf region of Mexico.
Who are the Olmecs
300
Around 1300 B.C.E., under the leadership of Moses, this group of Hebrews departed Egypt and made their way to Palestine where they carved out territory for themselves.
Who are the Israelites
300
This ancient sub-Saharan African group originated in Nigeria and eventually expanded throughout the southern regions of Africa. They settled along the banks of rivers, such as the Congo, and established agricultural societies.
Who are the Bantu
300
Coinciding with the decline of Harappan society, these Indo-Europeans (known as “noble people”) migrated into the Indus river valley. They measured wealth by the amount of cattle they owned.
Who are the Aryans
300
These were instruments used by fortune tellers in ancient China. They would write questions on them, heat them in fire, and study the cracks left by the heat in order to find the answer to the written question.
What are Oracle Bones
300
According to the Mayan creation myth Popol Vuh, the gods created human beings out of these two ingredients
What are maize and water
400
This ruler of the Babylonian Empire dominated Mesopotamia until 1600 B.C.E. He centralized bureaucratic rule, effectively implemented and collected taxes, and developed a law code that, among other things, established standards of behavior and stern punishments ("eye for an eye").
Who is Hammurabi
400
This Egyptian god, because of his death and resurrection, was associated with the Nile (which flooded, retreated, then flooded again the following year) and crops (which grew, died, and then sprouted and grew again). He was also associated with immortality and a cult following in his name developed.
Who is Osiris
400
The ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro attributed their large agricultural surpluses to this river.
What is Indus
400
Once allies, the Zhou eventually overthrew this dynasty in 1122 B.C.E.
What is the Shang
400
This religious cult enjoyed enormous popularity throughout the region of modern-day Peru between 900 and 300 BCE
What is Chavin
500
Invented by Sumerians in Mesopotamia, this is the world’s earliest known system of writing. It consisted of impressing a series of symbols into wet clay using a reed.
What is Cuneiform
500
This nomadic, horse-riding group (called “foreign rulers” by the Egyptians), which gained control of most of Egypt, was eventually pushed out of the Nile delta in 1550 B.C.E. by Egyptian leaders. Their expulsion led to the establishment of the New Kingdom.
Who are the Hyksos
500
According to the teachings of the Upanishads, the highest goal of the individual soul is known as this; permanent liberation from physical incarnation and unification with Brahman.
What is Moksha
500
Following the collapse of the Zhou dynasty, China entered a period of political chaos known as the “Period of Warring States”. It was this dynasty that brought an end to the era of political instability by bringing China under centralized rule in 221 B.C.E.
What is the Qin
500
This group of Austronesian speaking peoples were the earliest migrants to establish settlements on islands in the Pacific Ocean
Who are the Lapita