| A | B |
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| Shih Huang Di | The "builder" of the Great Wall |
| Jainists | Religious sect that objected to "too much" ritual in Hindu religion |
| Vedas | Shakespearean works of Indian literature |
| Raja | Ruler of a Indian city-state |
| Church of the Sepulcher | The home of Jesus' tomb |
| Second Crusade | The war that "returned" the Holy Land to the Muslims |
| Soap | The innovation that the Crusaders brought back to Europe |
| Hagia Sophia | It was a mosque, a church and a museum at various times |
| Saladin | The leader of the Muslims who retook the Holy Land |
| Suleiman | He was the "Law Giver" |
| Ibn Sina | A leader in the area of medicine |
| Muhammad | The Prophet |
| Ibn Rushd | A leader in the area of government and bureaucracy |
| Al Qasim | A leader in the area of surgery |
| Taj Mahal | The magnificent edifice built as a tomb for a queen |
| Shah Jahan | The "builder" of the Taj Mahal |
| Tiny Feet | What made Chinese women "beautiful" |
| One Third Her Husband's Age | How old should a Hindu bride be in relation to her husband |
| Turkey | Where are the present day Ottomans |
| Wore Uniforms | What made the Ottoman army unique |
| Yin and Yang | The Chinese concept of balance |
| Wang Chung | Shih Huang Di's historian |
| Mandate of Heaven | The Chinese rationale for emperor status |
| Yangtze River | The natural boundary between north and south China |
| Caliphate | A Muslim kingdom |
| Mongols | The people who destroyed the golden age of Islam |
| Ramadan | The Muslim holy month |
| Hijrah | The pilgrimmage to Mecca |
| Ideograms | Chinese characters, amongst others |
| Be Kind | Confucius' golden rule |
| Sultan | A ruler of the Ottomans |
| Constantinople | The city that held out against Ottoman onslaught |
| Rugs | The product the Turks were famous for |
| Imam | The leader of the Shia sect of Muslims |
| Jihad | A religious war to advance Islam |
| Sword | The product Toledo was known for |
| Bedouin | Arabic nomadic herder |
| Poetry | The "sinew" that holds bedouins together |
| Purdah | It requires the physical separation of men and women |
| Al Amin | "The Trusted One" |
| Mercury and Jade | People ate it to ensure their immortality |
| Silk Road | The highway of trade between Rome and China |
| Hinduism | The major religion of India |
| Sikhism | The religion founded by Nanak |
| Harsha | The major dynasty of India |
| Siva | The Hindu god of destruction |
| Maya | The Hindu concept that life is an illusion |
| Five | How many pillars of Islam are there? |
| Mecca | The religious center of Islam |
| Kaaba Stone | The Muslims believe this can take away sin |
| Q'uran | The Holy Book of Islam |
| Textiles | The product that Islamic merchants were known for |
| Sanskrit | The language of India |
| Bhagavad Gita | The sacred text of the Hindu faith |
| That One | It's what Indians call God |
| Stupa | An Indian shrine to Buddha |
| Abhama Mudra | A gesture of benediction |
| Ming | The dynasty famous for its porcelain |
| Vermillion Red | The color ink reserved for the Chinese Emperor alone |
| Ahmisa | The concept of total nonviolence |
| Tang | In this dynasty, your footware determined your social position |
| Siddhartha Gautama | He's Buddha |
| Ethics | Buddha's teaching stressed this concept |
| Desire | According to Buddha, this caused all the suffering in the world |
| Pagoda | A Chinese shrine to Buddha |
| Three | How many different strands of Buddhism are there? |
| Janissaire | A Christian slave converted to Islam for service to the Caliph |
| One Year | At its height, how long did it take to cross the Islamic Empire |
| Second | Where is Islam, in terms of major religions |
| Three | How many continents did Islam "shape" |
| Arabia | Where did Islam begin geographically |
| Millet | An area ruled by religious minorities |
| Citadel | A strong central fortress |
| Monism | Concept that God and humans are one |
| Mass Spectrometer | It's a device used to tell the age of something |
| Loess | Fertile yellow soil |
| Bronze | It's the Shang artists' medium |
| Liu Bang | The founder of the Han Dynasty |
| Tang | The dynasty that popularized tea |
| Qin | The dynasty that gave China its name |
| By An Orgy | How was Confucius' Duke "distracted" |
| When You Die | According to Confucius, when do you stop learning |
| Analects | The collected writings of Confucius |
| Very Tall and Very Ugly | How was Confucius physically different from other Chinese |
| Four | How many wives are Muslim men allowed |
| Submission to God | What does "Islam" literally mean |
| Friday | It's the Islamic Sabbath |
| Checks | The financial instrument invented by the Muslims |
| Hospitals | The institution invented by the Muslims |
| Corborda Spain | The center of Islamic culture in Europe |
| Most Populous Country | China has "always" been this |
| Cross Bow | New weapon developed by the Chinese |
| Twentieth Century | When did Chinese dynastic rule end |
| Daoism | Chinese religion with no religious book and advocated the "middle way" |
| Dragon | The animal that was the symbol of Chinese royalty |
| Jabal Tariq | The Rock of Gilbralter |
| Takla Makan | "He who enters will never leave" desert |
| Huang He | It's what the Chinese call the Yellow River |
| Forbidden City | Place only open to the Emperor |
| Beiging China | It's where you would find the Forbidden City |
| Ganges River | The sacred river of India |
| Brahmin | The priestly class of India |
| Heat and Rain | The features of Indian climate |
| Three | How many geographic regions are there in India |
| Cloth | Early Indian civilization was known for this product |
| Nirvana | The Hindu concept of heaven |
| Upanishads | Epic poems about religion |
| Karma | The concept that you control the course of your life |
| Suttee | The practice of a wife throwing herself on her dead husband's funeral pyre |
| Qin Pits | What was found at Xian |
| Statues Guarding the way to Shih Huang Di's Tomb | What was found in the Qin Pits |
| Curfew | What did the beating of the drums at Xian signify |
| Pillow Book | It's a diary |
| Family | The most important institution in Chinese life |
| Five | How many classics of Chinese literature are there |
| With A Single Step | How does a journey of a thousand miles begin |
| Oracle Bones | How do Chinese tell the future |
| Legalists | The Chinese philosophy with power as its main object |
| Temujin | It's what Genghis Khan called himself |
| Gun Powder | The technology that allowed the Ottomans to beat the Mongols |
| Pax Mongolia | It means "peace of the Mongols" |
| Beiging China | It's where Kublai Khan located the Mongol capitol |
| Magnetic compass | The navigational device invented by the Chinese |
| The Moon | It's what the Chinese calendar is based on |
| Three Thousand Miles | It is the length of the Great Wall |
| Pangu | The Chinese version of the Christian Adam |
| Yu | The Chinese version of the Christian Noah |
| Art | The first evidence of Hinduism can be found in this medium |
| Khatriya Dharma | Concept that required a wife's suicide if her husband died in battle |
| Sheik | A ruler of an Arabic tribe |
| Monsoon | A season of torrential rain |
