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KNOWLEDGE BLASTER! Guide to World History to 1960

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World History: History of Civilization.

Domestication of animals and crops (wheat and barley) marked the first agricultural period in world history, called... ?
—The Neolithic Revolution (or New Stone Age), 9000-8000 BC, in the Middle East.

As the Sumerian culture died out, Babylonia emerged. Who was the great leader of Babylonia?
— Hammurabi, famous for his code of law (c.1750 BC).

This pharaoh was the first to experiment with the monotheistic Aton religion, worshiping only the sun and calling himself the son of the sun (c.1370 BC).
— Aichnaton, or Ikhnaton (aka Amenhotep IV).

World History: Greek History.

The rise of Greece brought the beginnings of western civilization. Prior to this point, though, the Greeks had gained much from another civilization of the Bronze Age— the Minoans of Crete. The Minoan capital was...?
— Knossos.

This ruler, called the "law-giver," abolished slavery for debt and organized the world's first Supreme Court.
— Solon, elected in 594 BC.

He is considered the "father of history."
— Herodotus.

World History: History in Asia: Buddha to Kublai Khan, Bedouins to Confucius.

In Asian history, Dravidian culture developed as early as 3000 BC here.
— The Indus Valley of India.

In Indian Hinduism, what name is given to the creator?
— Brahma. (Shiva is the destroyer, and Vishnu is the preserver.)

Around 112 AD, trade began to flow across central Asia via this historic route linking the worlds of the East and West.
— The Silk Road.

English History.

In 1628, Parliament forced Charles I (son of James I) to sign this document. One of the most important steps in the history of constitutional government, it made illegal the practices of quartering troops in private homes and levying taxes without consent of Parliament, among others. This historic document was...?
— The Petition of Right.

In 1642, war broke out between the forces of Parliament and the Cavaliers, who supported the king. What were the Parliament supporters called?
— Roundheads.

In 1861, Britain neared war with the United States when it took two Confederate commissioners from the Trent, a British steamer. War was averted when the two were released. Can you name them?
— Mason and Slidell

World History: The Enlightenment: Changing Historical Views.

The outstanding figure in the history of economic thought in the 18^th century was from Scotland: this author of The Wealth of Nations.
— Adam Smith.

Although this man apparently had discovered the laws of the pendulum and the uniform acceleration of falling bodies before he was twenty, his most important contribution to the world may have been the development of a scientific method.
— Galileo Galilei.

World History: A Violent History: World War I.

King Edward VII of Britain and President Loubet of France settled their colonial differences with this historic agreement, making possible a later military alliance.
— The Entente Cordiale, of 1904.

At sea, the Germans emphasized submarine attacks. In February, 1915, the sinking of this ship, with the loss of 139 Americans, pulled the US to the brink of world war.
— The Lusitania.

World History: History in the Sky.

Russia hit the moon in September, 1959, and photographed the side opposite the earth that same year. On April 12,1961, this Russian cosmonaut circled the world in an hour and 48 minutes.
— Yuri Gagarin in Vostok I.

Twenty-three days later (May 5, 1961), this American completed a sub-orbital flight of the world, in Liberty Bell 7 of the Mercury Project.
— Alan Shepard.

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