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The first known city in Sumer.

What was Uruk?

100
The writing system developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
100
The writing system developed by the ancient Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphs?
100
These people from Central Asia invaded the Indus Valley and later all of northern India and brought with them a written language and a mythology based in the Vedas.
What are Aryans?
100

This is the Chinese term, actually a phrase, that explains the emperor's relationship to the divine and explained why some dynasties collapse and others rise.

What is mandate of Heaven?

200

Important god for the Egyptians who was associated with the afterlife.

Who is Osiris?

200
A series of laws that were engraved on black basalt and posted throughout the Babylonian Empire.
What is Code of Hammurabi?
200
These people from Palestine/Canaan migrated into Egypt with their bronze technology and overthrew the Middle Kingdom dynasties.
What are Hyksos?
200

The historical Buddha or "Enlightened One" was born into a royal family and was given the name...

Who is Siddhartha Gautama?

200

Known as Master Sun, he wrote this book of strategy during the Warring States Period of Chinese history.

What is the Art of War?

300

People who traveled the Mediterranean engaging in sea trade, and were responsible for founding Carthage.

Who were the Phoenicians?

300
Its the term that describes the expulsion of the Jews from Jerusalem by the Babylonians.
What was the Babylonian Captivity?
300

The future Tutmosis III succeeded in replacing this woman, his aunt, that took power away from him and ruled a prosperous Egypt for 20 years.

Who is Hatshepsut?

300
Varna is the Sanskrit term referring this Aryan imposed social hierarchy.
What is caste?
300

This period of early Chinese history is characterized by civil war and the collapse of the Zhou dynasty.

What is the Warring States?

400

Term used to describe the early Indian religion introduced by the Aryans and described in the Vedas.

What was Brahmanism?

400
These people established an empire in Mesopotamia, which eventually expanded into the Levant due their fierce warrior spirit, excellent roads, and the use of iron weaponry.
What are Assyrians?
400
He tried to introduce monotheism, or the worship of one god, to polytheistic Egypt.
What is Akhenaten?
400
He was the Mauryan king who converted to Buddhism after the bloody Battle of Kalinga.
Who was Ashoka?
400

He was the first Qin emperor who ruled with an iron fist and was obsessed with finding the elixir of immortality.

Who was Shi Huangdi?

500

Founder of the Han dynasty.

Who was Liu Bang?

500
This battle was fought in the eastern Mediterranean between the Egyptians and Hittites and resulted in a peace treaty & military alliance.
What was the Battle of Kadesh?
500

This pharaoh not only accomplished the longest reign in Egyptian history but was the hero of the Battle of Kadesh, even though the battle was fought to a stalemate.  

Who is Rameses II?

500
If one followed the Middle Path, he or she accepted these basic doctrines from the teachings of the Buddha.
What are Four Noble Truths?
500
Shi Huangdi, founder of the Qin dynasty, adopted this set of ideas that advocated both caring for the people but also swiftly punishing criminals and rebels.
What is Legalism?