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100

These people were the first to settle in Mesopotamia and created the first form of writing, known as cuneiform.

Sumerians

100
Mesopotamia, the first civilization, started along these two rivers: the Tigris and the __.

Euphrates

100

After meditating under a tree for a whole month, Siddhartha Gautama became enlightened. Today, his followers refer to his as ___, which means teacher.

Buddha

200

Before humans began farming and raising animals, they were nomadic __, going from place to place to find their food.

Hunter-gatherers

200

This mountain range includes Mt. Everest, the highest point on earth, and separates India from the rest of the continent of Asia.

Himalayas

200

In Hinduism, this strict social hierarchy splits all people into four main groups: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. This is the simplified version, though, as there are actually thousands more!

Caste System

300

This Babylonian king created the first code of laws, 282, to be exact.

Hammurabi

300
Mesopotamia's rivers flooded often, making the earth perfect for farming. Thus, the area where Mesopotamia began is often called __.

Fertile Crescent

300

Each Mesopotamian city-state was built around a large pyramid called ___, where priests and priestesses would worship the gods through ritual sacrifices.

Ziggurat

400

Today, this community of over 200 million Indians is forced to work dangerous jobs such as cleaning sewers and toilets. 

Dalits

400
Historians consider the first board game, the Royal Game __ to come from this Mesopotamian city, which the game is named after.

Ur

400

In Sumerian mythology, this god became leader of all other gods by defeating the Tiamat by shooting an arrow down her throat.

Marduk

500

This group, long ago, conquered Sumer took control, and became the world's first empire.

Akkadians

500

These mountain ranges reside on India's coastlines. To the east, they border the Bay of Bengal, and to the west, they border the Arabian Sea.

Ghats

500

Hindus believe that after death, a soul is reborn into a new form such as a human, animal, or even a plant! This cycle is called __.

Samsara