Asia Minor was part of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Justinian.

The Edict of Milan issued by Constantine I allowed the free practice of all religions within the Roman Empire.

In an ancient Hindu patriarchal society, it was not uncommon for women to perform sati.

Pax Romana and Pax Mongolica are similar in that they both represented periods of peace and stability for the Roman Empire.

It is through Homer's famous poem, The Iliad, that we came to know about the events of the Trojan war.

What the Bible, the Torah, and the Quran have in common is the fact they are the holy books of monotheistic religions.

Paleolithic was the next stage after Neolithic in the development of human civilization.

Meritocracy was the basis of the civil service system of China.

Daimyo represented the warrior class in the Japanese feudal system.

The Tokugawa shogunate is mostly remembered as a time of cultural enrichment through the practices of selective borrowing in relation to other countries.

Shintoism and Buddhism are forms of animism.

The sahel refers to a specific African semiarid type of environment bordering the Sahara Desert.

The English language is part of the group of Romance languages.

People living in the territories conquered by the Roman Empire experienced a process of acculturation.

Aryans were an ancient civilization who introduced concepts of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent.

Feudalism is a political, social, and economic system based on land, loyalty, and military service.

Greek fire was an innovation commonly used by the Byzantines in naval battles.

The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia ("between two rivers") gained this name because of its location between the Huang He and the Yangtze rivers.

Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Egyptians.

The Agricultural Revolution is considered a turning point in history.

The Slavs are an Indo-European people.

Justinian's Code is a set of principles, advices, and words of wisdom of Emperor Justinian, similar to Yassa of Genghis Khan.