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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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101
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Trajan invades Dacia and defeats ___ in battle
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Decebalus
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102
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Having conquered the Tarim Basin, general Ban Chao retires and dies in ___
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Luoyang
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103
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In Palmyra, a temple is built and dedicated to the sun god ___
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Baal
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104
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In India, figures of ___ replace abstract motifs on decorative items
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Buddha
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105
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The ___ Bridge is completed. It will not be surpassed in length for over 1000 years
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Trajan
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106
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___ is defeated and absorbed into the Roman Empire
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Dacia
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107
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The Romans receive an ambassador from the region of ___
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India
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108
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The Roman fortress in modern ___ is completed
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York
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109
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Osroes I succeeds his brother and rules over Western ___
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Parthia
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110
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Caravans begin to make regular departures from China along the ___ ___ to Central Asia
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Silk Road
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111
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The ___ empire is successfully invaded from the south
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Kushan
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112
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King Jima rises to the throne of ___ in East Asia
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Silla
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113
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Pliny the Younger dies, having been a highly influential Roman aristocrat (___)
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Patrician
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114
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Armenia and Northern ___ are invaded by Trajan after he defeats the Parthians
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Mesopotamia
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115
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Trajan captures the Parthian capital of ___
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Ctesiphon
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116
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The Romans reach the ___ ___ to the east and make Parthia a province
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Persian Gulf
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117
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___ ascends to rule the Roman Empire as it reaches its greatest extent
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Hadrian
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118
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The oldest painted depiction of the recently invented ___ appears in Southern China
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Wheelbarrow
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119
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Legio ___ Vitrix moves to Britain to suppress a rebellion
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VI
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120
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The ___ dominate Western (and some of Central) India
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Scythians
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121
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The border between Britannia and ___ is fixed between the Solway Firth and River Tyne
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Caledonia
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122
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___ ___ is built at this border, and still stands today. The construction was ordered so that the peoples to the north could be controlled more easily
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Hadrian's Wall
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123
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A Moorish revolt takes place in the Roman province of ___
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Mauretania
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124
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The temple of ___ is rebuilt in Athens
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Zeus
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125
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A plague of ___ sweeps across North Africa, leading to the abandonment of many towns and killing up to 650,000
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Locusts
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126
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The old ___ in Rome is demolished after ~150 years and rebuilt
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Pantheon
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127
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The philosopher Carpocrates rejects the ownership of ___ ___ as un-Christian
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Private Property
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128
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Roman ___ begins to decline as imports depress prices and make it unprofitable
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Agriculture
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129
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___ is born. His medical teachings will be relied upon for over a thousand years
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Galen
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130
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A law is passed in Rome banning the execution of slaves without ___
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Trial
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131
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___ is effectively banned in the Roman Empire, soon prompting a major revolt
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Judaism
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132
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As part of a string of Chinese inventions, the first ___ is invented to allow the detection of earthquakes
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Seismometer
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133
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The ___ ___ revolt is now in full swing as the entirety of Judea is occupied
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Bar Kokhba
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134
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The Romans recapture Jerusalem and rename it ___ ___
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Aelia Capitolina
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135
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Rabbi Akiva is ___ alive, and will be remembered for his religious devotion
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Flayed
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136
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A war between the Romans and the ___ tribe begins. It will be the first of many
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Suebi
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137
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The oasis city of ___ grows rich from the lucrative trade between Asia and the Mediterranean
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Palmyra
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138
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After the untimely death of ___ ___ ___, Antoninus Pius is made heir to the Roman Empire and then ascends to the throne
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Lucius Aelius Caesar
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139
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The ___ Earthquake affects much of Armenia
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Mcurn
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140
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The export of ___ ___ from Hispania to Rome peaks
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Olive Oil
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141
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An earthquake in Anatolia triggers a major ___
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Tsunami
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142
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A primitive form of ___ is described in China by a Taoist alchemist
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Gunpowder
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143
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Yet another revolt is suppressed in Britannia. This time the ___ tribe in the North are at fault
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Brigantes
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144
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Kahiko-Lue-Mea, a mythical god from ___ is said to have been born in this year
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Hawaii
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145
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The short reign of child-emperor ___ ___ in China begins
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Han Zhidi
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146
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___ ___ receives a promotion and becomes the right-hand-man of Antoninus Pius in Rome
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Marcus Aurelius
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147
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With stability finally being achieved, the realm of Parthia reunites as a rebellious vassal, ___, is crushed
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Characene
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148
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A series of grand games is held to celebrate Rome's ___ anniversary
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900th
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149
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An ancestor of the ___ dynasty is born in China; the only notable event from this year that has been preserved
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Jin
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150
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The tallest pre-Colombian building in the Americas is built in the city of ___
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Teoithuacan
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