The Inca civilization was located in this South American country.
What is Peru?
This ancient Sumerian text is the oldest piece of literature that still exists.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
This athletic competition, still held today, began in ancient Greece.
What are the Olympic Games?
This Chinese belief system is named directly for the man who established it.
What is Confucianism?
The name of an island country off the coast of mainland Africa.
What is Madagascar?
The ancient Egyptians used this complex system of writing.
What is hieroglyphics?
Famous Greek author known for writing for the Iliad and Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
This man is known for founding and spreading the religion of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
The country highlighted here.
What is India?
The ancient Sumerians used this system of writing, one of the oldest known forms.
What is cuneiform?
Form of government established by the Romans.
What is a republic?
Buddhism and Hinduism share this belief; that a person can be born into another form in their "next life."
What is reincarnation?
Located in the Fertile Crescent, "Mesopotamia,"means land between these two rivers.
What is Tigris and Euphrates?
This ancient Babylonian king established a legal codes that included the principle "an eye for an eye."
Who is Hammurabi?
This Athenian Greek established democracy in Athens.
Who is Pericles?
Early Hinduism implemented the caste system which includes these four varnas (classes) above the "untouchables."
What are
Brahmins (priests)
Kshatryia (warriors)
Vaishya (merchants)
Sudra (peasants)
The Crusade Wars began as an effort by the Muslim and Christian armies to take control of this "holy" city in the middle east.
What is Jerusalem?
Many ancient societies were this; meaning dominated by men.
What is patriarchy?
This Roman general was part of the first triumvirate, had a controversial relationship with Cleopatra and was later murdered by a group of senators.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This ancient Chinese dynasty implemented legalism; a political philosophy built around strict laws and harsh punishments.
What is the Qin (dynasty)?