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|[[Aeschylus]]

|[[Aeschylus]]

|The oldest of the three great Athenian tragic playwrights (next to [[Sophocles]] and [[Euripides]]), BC 525-456.

|The oldest of the three great Athenian tragic playwrights (next to [[Sophocles]] and [[Euripides]]), 525-456 B.C.

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|[[Age of Metal]]

|[[Age of Metal]]

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|[[Age of Pericles]]

|[[Age of Pericles]]

|The "golden age" of Athens, led by Pericles, who introduced a form of direct democracy from BC 461-429

|The "golden age" of Athens, led by Pericles, who introduced a form of direct democracy from 461-429 B.C.

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|[[Queen Ahhotep|Ahhotep]]  

|[[Queen Ahhotep|Ahhotep]]  

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|[[Akkadian Empire]]

|[[Akkadian Empire]]

|A Sumerian empire (2360-2180 BC) located in the fertile crescent in the lower Mesopotamia and north of the Sumer River.  

|A Sumerian empire (2360-2180 B.C.) located in the fertile crescent in the lower Mesopotamia and north of the Sumer River.  

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|[[Alluvial]]  

|[[Alluvial]]  

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|[[Aristophanes]]

|[[Aristophanes]]

|Athenian playwright, a writer of comedies and political satires. BC 456-380.

|Athenian playwright, a writer of comedies and political satires. 456-380 B.C.

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|[[Ark of the Covenant]]  

|[[Ark of the Covenant]]  

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|[[Aryans]]  

|[[Aryans]]  

|A semi-nomadic Nordic tribe that invaded and settled India around 1500 BC.  

|A semi-nomadic Nordic tribe that invaded and settled India around 1500 B.C.  

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|[[Ashoka]]  

|[[Ashoka]]  

|Emperor of the Mauryan Empire of India from 273 BC to 232 BC. He was upset by the horrors of war after being triumphant, and became an advocate of Buddhism.  After his conversion, he had thousands of rock pillars erected that were inscribed with the teachings of the Buddha.  These are the first recordings of Buddha's teachings.

|Emperor of the Mauryan Empire of India from 273 to 232 B.C. He was upset by the horrors of war after being triumphant, and became an advocate of Buddhism.  After his conversion, he had thousands of rock pillars erected that were inscribed with the teachings of the Buddha.  These are the first recordings of Buddha's teachings.

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|[[Bantu]]  

|[[Bantu]]  

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|[[Battle of Marathon]]  

|[[Battle of Marathon]]  

|In August 490 BC, King Darius I of Persia brought his army to the plains of Marathon to invade Athens. Despite being outnumbered ten to one, the Athenian army defeated the Persians.  

|In August 490 B.C., King Darius I of Persia brought his army to the plains of Marathon to invade Athens. Despite being outnumbered ten to one, the Athenian army defeated the Persians.  

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|[[Bhagavad Gita]]  

|[[Bhagavad Gita]]  

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|[[Chandragupta Maurya]]  

|[[Chandragupta Maurya]]  

|The founder of the Mauryan Empire in India who ruled between 320 BC and 293 BC. The first Indian emperor to be converted to Jainism, he eventually renounced his throne and joined a group of nomadic Jain monks.

|The founder of the Mauryan Empire in India who ruled between 320 and 293 B.C. The first Indian emperor to be converted to Jainism, he eventually renounced his throne and joined a group of nomadic Jain monks.

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|[[Cicero]]  

|[[Cicero]]  

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|[[Cincinnatus]]  

|[[Cincinnatus]]  

|A Roman hero for whom the city of Cincinnati, Ohio was named. In 458 BC, he raised an army in Rome and came to the aid of the consul Minucius and his men, who were trapped in a dead-end valley by the Aequians. The Roman Senate had declared war against the Aequians because they had been raiding Roman farms.  

|A Roman hero for whom the city of Cincinnati, Ohio was named. In 458 B.C., he raised an army in Rome and came to the aid of the consul Minucius and his men, who were trapped in a dead-end valley by the Aequians. The Roman Senate had declared war against the Aequians because they had been raiding Roman farms.  Cincinnatus is also known for voluntarily giving up power, surpassed only by George Washington in that regard among government leaders.  

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|[[Claudius]]  

|[[Claudius]]