Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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404 BC | This city-state defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War | Sparta | 95%
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528 BC | This man, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, attains Enlightenment while sitting under the Bodhi tree | Buddha | 90%
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5th century BC | The general Sun Tzu supposedly writes this famous text | The Art of {War} | 87%
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509 BC | This city overthrows its last king, becoming a republic | Rome | 84%
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c. 551 BC | This great Chinese philosopher is born | Confucius | 83%
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432 BC | This temple is completed on the Acropolis of Athens | The Parthenon | 83%
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c. 586 BC | This city is conquered by the Babylonians, ending the kingdom of Judah and forcing its people into exile | Jerusalem | 82%
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490 BC | Phidippides runs 25 miles to announce the Greek victory over Persia at this battle | Battle of {Marathon} | 76%
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543 BC | Prince Vijaya founds the first Sinhalese kingdom on this island | Sri Lanka | 72%
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c. 470 BC | Departing from this Mediterranean city-state, Hanno the Navigator explores the African coast as far south as Cameroon | Carthage | 62%
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481 BC | This period of Chinese history comes to an end | {Spring} and Autumn Period | 60%
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550 BC | This conqueror founds the First Persian Empire | {Cyrus} the Great | 58%
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c. 500 BC | The Persian empire reaches its peak under this ruler. About 40% of the world's population is under his reign. | {Darius} the Great | 51%
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c. 430 BC | This Greek historian writes "Histories" | Herodotus | 49%
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6th century BC | This civilization in modern-day Tuscany reaches its apex | Etruscan | 46%
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527 BC | Mahavira, the 24th supreme preacher of this Indian religion, attains nirvana | {Jain}ism | 46%
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5th century BC | This Mesoamerican civilization, known for its "colossal head" sculptures, comes to an end | Olmecs | 43%
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