Statistics for Dark Ages History

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Year	Description	Answer	% Correct
476	The Dark Ages are said to begin with the fall of this empire	Western Roman Empire	97%
570	This prophet is born in Mecca	Muhammad	92%
642	The great library of this African city is once again destroyed	Alexandria	81%
800s	This Indian board game reaches Europe	Chess	77%
800	This "great" Frankish king is crowned Emperor by the Pope	Charlemagne	74%
808	This saltpeter-based substance is invented in China	Gunpowder	74%
522	Byzantines go to China to steal the secret of making this expensive material	Silk	73%
800s	This number is "invented" in what is today India	Zero	72%
800s	This Central American society collapses	Maya	71%
711	This Muslim group conquers most of modern-day Spain and Portugal	The Moors	58%
532	Construction begins on this grand basilica in Constantinople	Hagia Sophia	56%
793–1066	These Pagans raid and terrorize much of Christendom	Vikings	52%
962	Otto becomes ruler of this Germanic empire which would last until the time of Napoleon	Holy Roman Empire	48%
678	Byzantines use this napalm-like substance to defeat a Muslim invasion fleet	Greek Fire	39%
632	Abu Bakr becomes the first person to hold this Islamic leadership position (at least according to Sunnis)	Caliph	37%
525–565	This "great" Byzantine emperor conquers much of Italy	Justinian	33%
509	This ruler becomes the first king of all Franks	Clovis	22%
c. 600	This canal is built to connect the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. It is still the longest canal in the world today.	Grand Canal	14%