Rivers
Do you disagree? This river provides the floods and food that Egypt is so famous for.
What is the Nile?
An eye for an eye! Mesopotamian King Hammurabi made a code of these in order to increase justice under his rule.
What are laws?
Pyramid building, statue creating, gods worshipping: these leaders of ancient Egypt wore a fake beard and a hat with a fake snake on it.
What is a Pharaoh?
What is Mecca?
Qin Shihuang unified China for the first time under one Emperor, and constructed this famous symbol of China. You may not be able to see it from Space, but you can see it at the beginning of Disney's "Mulan."
What is the great wall?
Evil river? This Mesopotamian river floods constantly and starts with the letter "T"
What is the Tigris?
This magnificent city was the largest in Mesopotamia, and perhaps the world, replete with beautiful hanging gardens. You could just babble on about it!
What is Babylon?
Ra, Osiris, Anubis, and Amun were worshipped in Egypt under this kind of religion, where there are more Gods than you can count.
What is Polytheism?
This word means "God" in Arabic.
What is Allah?
Feeling stressed? Try this Chinese philosophy, which recommends you do nothing and let nature do its thing.
What is Daoism?
Evil river? This constantly flooding river is the Western of the Mesopotamian rivers and starts with the letter "E"
What is the Euphrates?
Reach for the sky! Looking like a layer cake or a tiered pyramid these structures were built for priests so they could pray closer to the heavens.
What is a Ziggurat?
In the middle of the land? The Nile ends it journey from the center of Africa by draining into this sea to the North of Egypt.
What is the Mediterranean sea?
Combining the powers of an Emperor and a Pope, this leader of the Islamic government was often criticized for not taking religious rules seriously.
What is a Caliph?
What is silk?
Yep, that's mud! All the earth carried away by this Chinese river gives it its name. "Rio Amarillo," in other words.
What is the Yellow River?
Ancient Mesopotamia loved to trade with India and its Indus River valley civilization. What narrow sea strait did Mesopotamian boats have to pass through to get to India? (Hint: its been in the news, A LOT!!)
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
Think failing a math test is bad? This Pharaoh lost the major battle of Kadesh and then ran home and lied about winning.
Who is Ramesses II?
After the Abbasid revolution overthrew the Umayyad Caliphs, the capital of the Islamic Empire shifted eastward from Damascus to this city, which contained the famous House of Wisdom.
What is Baghdad?
Capital of the Qin, Western Han, and Tang dynasties and the location of the Terracotta army.
What is Xi'an or Chang'an?
Crazy course? This waterway is the longest river of China, and flows from the mountains toward Shanghai.
What is the Yangtze?
A famous city mentioned in the bible, it served as the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
What is Nineveh?
Who is Hatshepsut?
In the year 717 CE the armies of the Umayyad Caliphate failed to conquer this city, which was capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and surrounded by high walls.
What is Constantinople?
While many many women held political power from behind the throne in Chinese history, the 7th century genius Wu Zetian was the only woman in Chinese history to be called this title.
What is the Emperor?