Year | Event | % Correct |
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776 BC* | The {Olympic} games are held for the first time in ancient Greece | 97%
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c. 2560 BC | The {Great} {Pyramid} is completed in Giza. It would be the world's tallest man-made structure until 1311. | 95%
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753 BC* | The city of Rome is founded by {Romulus} and Remus | 91%
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c. 563 BC | Siddhārtha Gautama, commonly known as {Buddha}, is born in modern-day Nepal | 87%
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332 BC | Alexander founds the city of {Alexandria} | 84%
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c. 250 BC* | Archimedes discovers the principle of buoyancy and yells {Eureka}, meaning "I have found it" | 84%
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404 BC | Athens surrenders to {Sparta}, ending the Peloponnesian War | 83%
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c. 1600 BC | A volcano causes the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of {Crete} | 76%
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30 BC | {Cleopatra} commits suicide, perhaps using the venom from an asp | 76%
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27 BC | {Augustus} becomes the first emperor of Rome | 74%
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c. 550 BC | The {Achaemenid} Empire is established by Cyrus the Great | 69%
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146 BC | Romans destroy the city of {Carthage} after the Third Punic War | 68%
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438 BC | The {Parthenon} temple is completed and dedicated to goddess Athena | 63%
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70 | Romans destroy the temple in the city of {Jerusalem} | 61%
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399 BC | {Socrates} commits suicide by drinking hemlock | 59%
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216 BC | The general {Hannibal} defeats the Romans at the Battle of Cannae | 58%
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337 | {Constantine} is baptised, becoming the first Christian emperor of Rome | 57%
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c. 1754 BC | The Code of {Hammurabi} is recorded. It consists of 282 laws, including "an eye for an eye" | 53%
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455 | Rome is sacked and "vandalized" by the {Vandal} tribe | 52%
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26 | {Pontius} {Pilate} becomes prefect of the Roman province of Judaea | 41%
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