Gunpowder Empire
The gunpowder empires were nicknamed such for this reason.
What is using gunpowder to expand their territory?
Columbus represented this nation in his original westward voyage.
What is Spain?
Olmec is an Aztec word, with this literal translation.
What is "rubber people?"
This is how people got food before agriculture.
What is hunting and gathering?
Caesar assisted this Egyptian ruler in coming to power, someone with whom he is also known for having an affair.
Who is Cleopatra?
Collectively, these three civilizations made up what are called the gunpowder empires.
What are the Mughal, Safavid, and Ottoman Empires?
This precious metal is one of many resources Europeans extracted from the Americas upon landing, which led to extreme unchecked economic inflation.
What is silver?
Aboriginal Australians were known for this practice, which altered the local environment in their favor.
What is firestick farming/controlled burns?
These are the four world zones, which were mostly isolated from one another before the 15th and 16th centuries.
What are Afro-Eurasia, the Americas, Pacific Islands, and Australia?
This was the cause of Julius Caesar's death.
What is being stabbed (27 times)?
This unique trait was a major factor in the collapse of the Safavid Empire.
What is practicing Shia Islam, the minority sect of the religion?
This is the percentage of Native Americans estimated to have been killed by early colonization of the American continents.
What is 50-90%?
The word Aboriginal breaks down into two words, which combined mean...
What is "from the beginning?"
These were two advantages of moving to agriculture.
What are a more steady supply of food, allowed for cities and specialization, and global accessibility.
Caesar was originally declared dictator for this long, in line with Roman law at the time.
What is six months?
The last of the gunpowder empires, this was the year that marked the end of the Ottomans. (Within 30 years)
When is 1918?
Daily Double!
Deadly disease traveled freely across the Atlantic as a result of the Columbian exchange... But only from East to West, in part due to a lack of these.
Despite a lack of written records, historians have determined that the majority of Olmec art likely had a religious purpose, for this reason.
What are shared features with religious art from other societies with written records?
These were two disadvantages of agriculture.
What are worse bones and teeth, less free time, dramatic environmental changes, and slavery?
This was the type of policy that Caesar endorsed, along with an example.
What are progressive/populist policies, such as land redistribution?
This was a unique practice of the Mughal Empire in its time, inspired by Akbar the Great.
What is religious tolerance?
When he set out West, Christopher Columbus did not arrive on the mainland of either America. Rather, he made landfall on this island.
What is Hispana?
These were used as a record-keeping tool by the Olmecs.
What are knots?
Historians estimate that agriculture has been around for approximately this many years.
What is around 7,000-10,000
Along with Julius Caesar, these other two people made up what is known as the first triumvirate.
Who are Crassus and Pompey?