Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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188 | Queen Himiko begins her 59 year reign in ___ | Japan | 83%
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190 | The Han capital Luoyang is plundered by the above, who moves the capital to ___ | Chang'an | 67%
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172 | Goguryeo defeats Chinese forces in the region of ___ | Manchuria | 67%
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161 | ___ ___ becomes Roman Emperor. A stoic philosopher, he endeavors to make laws improving the welfare of his subjects | Marcus Aurelius | 67%
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183 | A second assassination attempt on Commodus - this time by members of the ___ - fails | Senate | 67%
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185 | Chinese astronomers note the first recorded ___ | Supernova | 67%
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163 | The ___ Wall is abandoned as the Romans withdraw to Hadrian's Wall | Antonine | 50%
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164 | In a campaign against Parthia, the Romans cross the river ___ and wreak havoc | Euphrates | 50%
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174 | ___, a famous book on stoic philosophy, is written | Meditations | 50%
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169 | Northern African ___ invade modern Spain | Moors | 50%
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182 | Sun Quan (the founder of the Eastern ___ dynasty) is born | Wu | 50%
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184 | The ___ ___ Rebellion breaks out in China, causing the country to begin to spiral out of control | Yellow Turban | 50%
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195 | The Roman denarius is devalued to only contain ___% silver | 50 | 33%
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152 | The patriarch of ___, one of the 5 major episcopal sees dies after holding the post for 11 years | Alexandria | 33%
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177 | A systematic persecution of Christians begins in Rome. Devotees take refuge in the city's ___ | Catacombs | 33%
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171 | Future Roman Emperor Commodus acquires a taste for ___ fighting | Gladiatorial | 33%
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180 | The ___ reach the banks of the Black Sea, probably having originated in Sweden | Goths | 33%
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200 | It is approximately at this time that Brahmanism evolves into ___ | Hinduism | 33%
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158 | The first appearance of ___ ___, the official sun god of the later Roman Empire, is recorded | Sol Invictus | 33%
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191 | King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a ___ year reign | 44 | 17%
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155 | ___ ___, a major general in the Chinese Three Kingdoms period, is born to a noble family | Cao Cao | 17%
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189 | ___ ___ throws the Han Dynasty into further disarray as he deposes an emperor and oversees the slaughter of 2,000 eunuchs | Dong Zhou | 17%
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176 | Commodus is given the rank of ___ and is made supreme commander of the Roman legions. | Imperator | 17%
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167 | The ___ tribe invades Italy and is repelled. The Pax Romanica, which had previously kept the Empire safe, ends | Marcomanni | 17%
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181 | Lake Taupō in ___ ___ erupts, with the effects being noticed as far away as Europe | New Zealand | 17%
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175 | Due to a communication error, Avidius Cassius (the governor of ___) proclaims himself Roman Emperor but is killed by his officers | Syria | 17%
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196 | ___ becomes the capital of China amidst a period of semi-anarchy | Xuchang | 17%
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153 | A revolt breaks out in the Roman province of ___ in the southeast of the empire | Aegyptus | 0%
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168 | The Roman army crosses the ___ into Pannonia to subdue the above | Alps | 0%
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159 | In India, the reign of Shivashri Satakarni, as King Satavahana of ___, begins | Andhra | 0%
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165 | The ___ ___ breaks out in Rome. By the time it is brought under control, the Roman Empire and China will be significantly depopulated | Antonine Plague | 0%
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198 | Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is granted the title of ___ | Augustus | 0%
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154 | The Kingdom of ___ in modern Crimea becomes a tributary state to Rome in return for protection against barbarians | Bosphorus | 0%
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192 | The kingdom of ___ expands to control south and central Vietnam | Champa | 0%
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187 | The ___ tribe in Germany are defeated by the Romans | Chatti | 0%
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157 | If there hadn't been enough revolts in the Roman Empire, a new one breaks out in ___ | Dacia | 0%
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166 | In China, scholars who have denounced ___ are persecuted | Eunuchs | 0%
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193 | This year will be known to history as the year of the ___ ___ | Five Emperors | 0%
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199 | Geodeung becomes king of ___ in southern Korea | Gaya | 0%
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194 | Septimius Severus expands his control after winning the decisive battle of ___ | Issus | 0%
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151 | The long reign of ___ comes to an end, during which the Kushan Empire reaches its zenith | Kanishka | 0%
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162 | His co-emperor, ___ ___ is forced to head eastwards to confront a new Parthian invasion | Lucius Verus | 0%
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197 | The Roman Empire is reunited after the decisive battle of ___ | Lugdunum | 0%
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178 | Iraeneus becomes bishop of ___. He is best known for his attempt to refute Christian heresies | Lyon | 0%
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173 | ___ ___, the first Roman Emperor from the Crisis of the Third Century, is born | Maximinus Thrax | 0%
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156 | In modern Mexico, a complex monument is created. This Epi-___ creation is one of Mesoamerica's earliest documents | Olmec | 0%
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186 | Roman governor (and future emperor) ___ evades an assassination attempt in Britain | Pertinax | 0%
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170 | The fundamental works of ___ on cartography are published, and will form the basis of maps until the Age of Discovery | Ptolemy | 0%
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160 | The manufacture of ___ containing grease, lime and ashes begins | Soap | 0%
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179 | At ___ castle, a Roman engraving provides evidence of their northernmost point of control in Central Europe | Trenčín | 0%
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