Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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c. 2070 BC | Yu the Great establishes the Xia dynasty, the first dynasty of this country | China | 97%
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2500s BC | This Ancient Wonder of the World is constructed in Giza | Great {Pyramid} | 92%
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c. 3000 BC | Construction of this famous British monument begins | Stonehenge | 85%
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2500s BC | This 73 meter long statue of a mythical creature is built near the above | The Great {Sphinx} | 83%
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c. 2600 BC | Caral, the oldest city in the Americas, is constructed in this modern-day country | Peru | 77%
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c. 2700 BC | The tomb of Seth-Peribsen is constructed. It contains the earliest known complete sentence using this Egyptian writing system. | Hieroglyphics | 76%
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before 2600 BC | Large urban settlements develop in this river valley in modern-day Pakistan | Indus Valley | 75%
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c. 2100 BC | The earliest poems from this Sumerian epic are written | Epic of {Gilgamesh} | 66%
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before 2200 BC | This civilization on the island of Crete begins maritime trade with Egypt and Syria | Minoan | 63%
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c. 2150 BC | This city, also known as Thebes, becomes the capital of Egypt | Luxor | 60%
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c. 2200 BC | The first Austronesian people depart from this island country near mainland Asia. In the next 3500 years they would settle much of Oceania. | Taiwan | 60%
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c. 2100 BC | The ancient Mesopotamians invent this subdivision of time | Week | 59%
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c. 2100 BC | The above city starts building this massive, terraced building thought to serve a religious purpose (hint: starts with Z) | Great {Ziggurat} | 57%
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c. 2100 BC | This city in modern-day Iraq may be the first in history to achieve a population of 100,000 (hint: two letters) | Ur | 57%
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c. 2300s | This ruler conquers the Sumerian city-states, creating history's first empire | {Sargon} of Akkad | 28%
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