Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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753 BC | Romulus founds this city on the Tiber River | Rome | 97%
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c. 700s BC | This blind poet composes the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" | Homer | 94%
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776 BC | This sporting competition is held for the first time | Olympic games | 93%
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660 BC | According to legend, Jimmu becomes the first emperor of this country. Today, we are on emperor #126. | Japan | 86%
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c. 800 BC | Lycurgus reforms the laws of this Greek city: emphasizing equality, austerity, and military fitness | Sparta | 85%
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814 BC | Queen Dido founds this city near modern-day Tunis | Carthage | 84%
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774 BC | This country is conquered by Nubians, who found the 25th dynasty | Egypt | 84%
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771 BC | In this river basin, the Western Zhou dynasty ends and the Eastern Zhou begins | Yellow River | 84%
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c. 970 BC | This king of Israel dies and is succeeded by his son Solomon | David | 79%
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763 BC | This type of celestial event is recorded in the Middle East, allowing modern historians to date other events during that period | Solar eclipse | 78%
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c. 900s BC | Solomon starts the construction of this building in Jerusalem | First Temple | 74%
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754 BC | Greek settlers found this city, the oldest in France | Marseille | 72%
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612 BC | Nineveh, the capital of this empire, is sacked by the Babylonians and others | Neo-Assyrian | 61%
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c. 800s BC | The earliest of the Upanishads are written in this language | Sanskrit | 58%
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667 BC | This city on the Golden Horn is founded by Greek colonists | Byzantium | 56%
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c. 600s BC | These circular metal objects are invented in the kingdom of Lydia | Coins | 56%
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831 BC | Pygmalion begins his 46 year reign as king of this Phoenician city in modern-day Lebanon | Tyre | 43%
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