History of this World Trivia Quiz

Answer: Antigonid Dynasty

Hellenistic art was influenced by India, resulting in a Greek-style Buddha. Hellenistic rules also encouraged a massive spread of Greek colonists to the Middle East due to their intrinsic value to the new monarchies.

Answer: Fu Xi (Fu Hsi)

This 'ox-tamer' introduced the beginnings of family life in China. However, this society was not considered a dynasty: the first real dynasty of China is the Zhou dynasty.

Answer: Chandragupta I

The Gupta period saw commerce between India and China, Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean flourish.

Answer: Qin Shi Huangdi

Legalism maintained that humans are evil by nature and must be forced on the right path of life through harsh punishments.

Answer: Jehangir

A famous movie has been made on the life of Salim and the girl he fell in love with, Anarkali. The name of the original movie is "Umrao Jaan".
The Mughal Empire was the one of the world's greatest empire ever. It was founded by Babur, but did not reach its peak until the reign of his grandson, Akbar, who was only 14 when he came to throne. He was illiterate, but highly intelligent and industrious.

Answer: Shotoku Taishi

The leading aristocrat was a prince and sent missions to the Tang capital of Chang'an to learn about the centralized government of China. The Seventeen-Article constitution was a series of reforms to create a new system based roughly on the Chinese model. His objective was to limit the powers of the hereditary nobility and enhance the prestige and authority of the Yamato ruler.

Answer: Solomonids

The Zagwe dynasty took control of Ethiopia in the mid-twelfth century and centralized the government and extended the Christian faith throughout the kingdom. Military commanders or civilian officials who had personal or kinship ties with the royal court established vast landed estates to maintain security and facilitate the collection of taxes from the local population.

Answer: Alexius I

The emperor requested Pope Urban II for help, which resulted in the Crusades. The pope saw a golden opportunity to provide papal leadership for a great cause: to rally the warriors of Europe for the liberation of Jerusalem and the Holy Land (Palestine) from the 'infidel'. The Crusades were a ruthless military expedition against the Muslims.

Answer: Herodotus

The high point of Latin literature came during the Golden Age, the Age of Augustus, also known as Octavian. One of the most distinguished poet was Virgil, whose masterpiece was the "Aeneid". Herodotus was a Greek historian.

Answer: Teotihucan

Mesoamerican civilizations trace their roots back to one of the first civilizations in America, the Olmecs. The Olmec culture emerged in the hot and swampy lowlands along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The Olmec civilization was characterized by intensive agriculture.

The Olmecs organized a widespread trading network, carried on religious rituals, and devised an as yet undeciphered system of glyphs that is similar in some aspects to later Mayan writing.