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5156383677China's earliest Neolithic cultures developed in the region surrounding this body of water:Yellow River0
5156383678Traditionally, the first Chinese dynasty is was called the:Xia1
5156383679The first Chinese writing was an attempt of Shang priests to predict the future by scratching symbols on these things:Oracle Bones2
5156383680800: The Shang and these other two dynasties in China are said to have ruled at roughly the same time:Xia, Zhou3
51563836811000: The idea that Chinese Emperors rule by divine right was called this: Mandate of HeavenMandate of Heaven4
5156383683200: This large city northeast of Mexico City was one of the largest and earliest American cities. It contained the "Temple of the Sun" which had almost the same base measurements as the Great Pyramid in Egypt:Teotihuacán5
5156383684400: This group of people created the Americas' first "civilization" located on Mexico's gulf coast:Olmec6
5156383685600: This was the name of the Inca capital:Cuzco7
5156383686800: This Andean civilization is famous for creating long, straight lines and animal shapes in the rocky desert soil:Nazca8
51563836871000: The Mayan text that contains their creation and diluvian myths is called:Popol Vuh9
5156383689200: Who created the Persian empire:Cyrus the Great (II)10
5156383690400: Persian administrative districts were called:satrapy11
5156383691600: Heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece were called:Hoplites12
5156383692800: The name of the culture that emerged after the death of Alexander in the lands he conquered was:Hellenistic/Hellenism13
51563836931000: The name of the group of people (not person) who made up the first Persian Empire were called:Achaemenids14
5156383695200: These people created the civilization that emerged on Crete around 6000 B.C.E:Minoans15
5156383696400: The dominant leader of Athens in the fifth century and the one responsible for the construction of the Parthenon was:Pericles16
5156383697600: This Greek Historian was the author of History of the Peloponnesian War:Thucydides17
5156383698800: Who won the Peloponnesian War?Sparta18
51563836991000: He ruled the Persian Empire from 486 to 464 B.C.E. and led an assault on Greece, but was defeated by Themistocles at Salamis:Xerxes19
5156383701200: This is the name for the Greek marketplace, or center of activity in a Polis:Agora20
5156383702400: The name of the written language of the Phoenicians found at Knossos. Hasn't been translated yet:Linear A21
5156383703600: The "Floating Gardens" of the Mesoamericans. These were used for agriculture in central America - floating reedbeds were covered with soil and allowed for several harvests per year, called:Chinampas22
5156383704800: The capital of the Persian empire, that was burned to the ground by Alexander the Great:Persepolis23
51563837051000: Southern African stone enclosures around towns were called:Zimbabwes24
5156383706200: The father of Alexander the Great who conquered all of Greece, hired Aristotle as a tutor for his son, and who had a dream about his own death before he was assassinated (maybe by the conspiracy of his wife Olympias):Philip II of Macedonia.25
5156383707400: This Greek author of "The Persian Wars" is also often referred to as "the father of history":Herodotus26
5156383708600: In addition to the Nazca, name at least 4 other Native American peoples who lived in Peru:Chavín, Chimú, Huari, Inca, Moche27
5156383709800: This Native American civilization of the American Southwest constructed their homes in the sides of cliffs for protection, and built large round underground religious chambers called what kivas:Anasazi28
51563837101000: Toh Chak Ich'ak was the king of the Maya city of Tikal and one its best known kings. He was also known by this name:Great Jaguar Paw29

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