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Historical Civilizations

Do you know your world history?
Clues grossly simplified to condense history into a short blurb.
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Last updated: April 7, 2023
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Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx; writings were a mystery until the Rosetta Stone; Pharaoh god-kings
Egypt
Machu Picchu; never developed a written language; maintained a 40,000km long system of roads
Inca
Temple of Angkor Wat; converted from Hinduism to Buddhism; capital abandoned in 1431
Khmer
Temple of Kukulcán; power held by city-states rather than centrally; widely known from the year 2012
Maya
Flavian Amphitheatre; capital was the first city to reach 1,000,000 people; broke into East and West
Rome
Mosque of Djenné; rich in gold, salt, and trade routes; rose from Ghana and replaced by Songhai
Mali
Terrace Farms of Aspero; developed some textiles but lacked ceramics; built no defensive structures
Caral
Great Wall of China; renowned for blue and white porcelain; moved the capital to its current location
Ming
La Venta Great Pyramid; crafted ornate anthropomorphic jaguar sculptures; invented the rubber ball
Olmec
Runestones; coastal towns from Canada to Tunisia feared them; first Europeans in North America
Norse
Town of M'banza; used shells as a primary form of currency; converted to Christianity via Portugal
Kongo
Atacama Desert Geoglyphs; possibly came to ruin due to El Niño; unique aqueducts called "puquios"
Nazca
Beiyue Temple Dening Hall; Kheshig soldiers guarded the Khan; largest contiguous empire in history
Mongol
Mesa Verde Cliff Palace; ceramic art known for bold, black lines; migrated due to climate change
Pueblo
Ziggurat of Ur; invented the mathematical abacus; its lyres are the oldest surviving string instruments
Sumer
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