The name of royal families in China.
Dynasties
This inventor created a more efficient steam engine, and had a unit of measurement named after him.
James Watt.
This person is the first prophet according to Judea-Christian beliefs.
Abraham (or Abram)
This nation is credited with the invention of gunpowder.
China.
This edible plant is extremely popular in Asian cultures, although it has spread around the world for its versatility.
Rice
This British monarch pushed for the arts during the Renaissance.
Queen Elizabeth I (also accepting just Queen Elizabeth)
This simple invention allowed for the automation of many stationary production machines.
Water wheel
This religion involves prayer five times a day.
This famous capital was defeated by a new empire empowered by using gunpowder weapons.
Constantinople. (or Istanbul)
This country has a history of rebellion, starting around the late 1700's.
France
This monarch was famously the first to unite all of China.
Emperor Qin Shi Huang(or just Qin Shi Huang, or Shihuangdi)
This complex invention allowed for the automation of several moving machines.
Steam engine
This monarch made Christianity legal, and later adopted it himself.
Constantine I (or just Constantine)
This was the task given to the alchemists who discovered gunpowder. (Hint: a very common request amongst powerful people)
To make an elixir of immortality. (or similar answers)
This ancient nation's oral language is still spoken by ~10 million people today. (Note: the answer is the nation, not the language)
Inca
This monarch of France was overthrown during the French Revolution.
King Louis XVI (or just King Louis XVI)
This invention allowed for food to remain edible much longer in city centers.
The refrigerator
This religion is the more spiritual basis for Confucianism.
Daoism/Taoism
This was used to supply gunpowder into the barrel of muskets before it was moved onto the backs of bullets towards the end of the Industrial Revolution. (Hint: also a fairly common item of clothing)
Musket caps (or just caps)
This island is similar to the U.S. in common language, size, and history with the British and the indigenous population.
Australia
The current "monarch" of Britain.
King Charles III (or just Charles III)
This inventor created the cotton gin, and is also credited as having created mass production.
Eli Whitney
This deity is known as the preserver/protector within Hinduism.
Vishnu
This, when mixed with charcoal and sulfur, creates gunpowder. (Hint: Salt and a name)
Saltpeter/Potassium Nitrate
This island is still partially colonized by Britain, although part of it is in the European Union. Notably, the part still controlled by Britain is farther from Britain than the free part.
Ireland