Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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110 | Caravans begin to make regular departures from China along the ___ ___ to Central Asia | Silk Road | 89%
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117 | ___ ascends to rule the Roman Empire as it reaches its greatest extent | Hadrian | 78%
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124 | The temple of ___ is rebuilt in Athens | Zeus | 78%
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122 | ___ ___ 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 | Hadrian's Wall | 67%
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119 | Legio ___ Vitrix moves to Britain to suppress a rebellion | VI | 67%
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142 | A primitive form of ___ is described in China by a Taoist alchemist | Gunpowder | 56%
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130 | A law is passed in Rome banning the execution of slaves without ___ | Trial | 56%
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141 | An earthquake in Anatolia triggers a major ___ | Tsunami | 56%
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104 | In India, figures of ___ replace abstract motifs on decorative items | Buddha | 44%
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121 | The border between Britannia and ___ is fixed between the Solway Firth and River Tyne | Caledonia | 44%
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116 | The Romans reach the ___ ___ to the east and make Parthia a province | Persian Gulf | 44%
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103 | In Palmyra, a temple is built and dedicated to the sun god ___ | Baal | 33%
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126 | The old ___ in Rome is demolished after ~150 years and rebuilt | Pantheon | 33%
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109 | Osroes I succeeds his brother and rules over Western ___ | Parthia | 33%
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105 | The ___ Bridge is completed. It will not be surpassed in length for over 1000 years | Trajan | 33%
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143 | Yet another revolt is suppressed in Britannia. This time the ___ tribe in the North are at fault | Brigantes | 22%
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129 | ___ is born. His medical teachings will be relied upon for over a thousand years | Galen | 22%
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107 | The Romans receive an ambassador from the region of ___ | India | 22%
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131 | ___ is effectively banned in the Roman Empire, soon prompting a major revolt | Judaism | 22%
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125 | A plague of ___ sweeps across North Africa, leading to the abandonment of many towns and killing up to 650,000 | Locusts | 22%
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146 | ___ ___ receives a promotion and becomes the right-hand-man of Antoninus Pius in Rome | Marcus Aurelius | 22%
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140 | The export of ___ ___ from Hispania to Rome peaks | Olive Oil | 22%
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113 | Pliny the Younger dies, having been a highly influential Roman aristocrat (___) | Patrician | 22%
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108 | The Roman fortress in modern ___ is completed | York | 22%
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134 | The Romans recapture Jerusalem and rename it ___ ___ | Aelia Capitolina | 11%
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128 | Roman ___ begins to decline as imports depress prices and make it unprofitable | Agriculture | 11%
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133 | The ___ ___ revolt is now in full swing as the entirety of Judea is occupied | Bar Kokhba | 11%
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115 | Trajan captures the Parthian capital of ___ | Ctesiphon | 11%
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106 | ___ is defeated and absorbed into the Roman Empire | Dacia | 11%
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144 | Kahiko-Lue-Mea, a mythical god from ___ is said to have been born in this year | Hawaii | 11%
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111 | The ___ empire is successfully invaded from the south | Kushan | 11%
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123 | A Moorish revolt takes place in the Roman province of ___ | Mauretania | 11%
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114 | Armenia and Northern ___ are invaded by Trajan after he defeats the Parthians | Mesopotamia | 11%
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137 | The oasis city of ___ grows rich from the lucrative trade between Asia and the Mediterranean | Palmyra | 11%
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120 | The ___ dominate Western (and some of Central) India | Scythians | 11%
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132 | As part of a string of Chinese inventions, the first ___ is invented to allow the detection of earthquakes | Seismometer | 11%
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112 | King Jima rises to the throne of ___ in East Asia | Silla | 11%
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136 | A war between the Romans and the ___ tribe begins. It will be the first of many | Suebi | 11%
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150 | The tallest pre-Colombian building in the Americas is built in the city of ___ | Teoithuacan | 11%
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118 | The oldest painted depiction of the recently invented ___ appears in Southern China | Wheelbarrow | 11%
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148 | A series of grand games is held to celebrate Rome's ___ anniversary | 900th | 0%
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147 | With stability finally being achieved, the realm of Parthia reunites as a rebellious vassal, ___, is crushed | Characene | 0%
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101 | Trajan invades Dacia and defeats ___ in battle | Decebalus | 0%
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135 | Rabbi Akiva is ___ alive, and will be remembered for his religious devotion | Flayed | 0%
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145 | The short reign of child-emperor ___ ___ in China begins | Han Zhidi | 0%
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149 | An ancestor of the ___ dynasty is born in China; the only notable event from this year that has been preserved | Jin | 0%
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138 | After the untimely death of ___ ___ ___, Antoninus Pius is made heir to the Roman Empire and then ascends to the throne | Lucius Aelius Caesar | 0%
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102 | Having conquered the Tarim Basin, general Ban Chao retires and dies in ___ | Luoyang | 0%
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139 | The ___ Earthquake affects much of Armenia | Mcurn | 0%
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127 | The philosopher Carpocrates rejects the ownership of ___ ___ as un-Christian | Private Property | 0%
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