Timelines - Ancient History

Question 1

Nomads roamed the Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

~7000 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 1

Question 2

Stone wall at Jericho built

Answer 2

6800 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 1

Question 3

King Narmer (King Menes) of upper Egypt conquers lower Egypt and unites both kingdoms

Answer 3

3000 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 2

Question 4

Sumerians & Egyptians begin using cuneiform

Answer 4

3200 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 3

Question 5

Period of the Old Kingdom of Egypt

Answer 5

3000-2100 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 4

Question 6

Great Pyramid (of Cheops/Khufu) built

Answer 6

2550 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 4

Question 7

Sargon becomes King of the city-state Kish

Answer 7

2334 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 5

Question 8

Hammurabi becomes King of the city-state Babylon

Answer 8

1792 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 7

Question 9

Period during which the epic of Gilgamesh was composed

Answer 9

3000-1200BC

SotW1 - Ch. 8

Question 10

Period of the height of Harappan civilization in the Indus Valley

Answer 10

2000-1750BC

SotW1 - Ch. 9

Question 11

Exodus of the Indus Valley

Answer 11

1750BC

SotW1 - Ch. 9

Question 12

Huang Di ruled ancient China

Answer 12

~2690 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 10

Question 13

T’ang becomes ruler of ancient China

Answer 13

1766 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 10

Question 14

Period of the Shang Dynasty in China

Answer 14

1766-1122 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 10

Question 15

Climate changed in the Sahara

Answer 15

~3500 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 11

Question 16

Period of Amenemhet’s rule as pharaoh of Egypt

Answer 16

1980-1926 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 12

Question 17

Period of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt

Answer 17

2040-1720 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 12

Question 18

Hyksos expelled by Ahmose

Answer 18

1567 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 12

Question 19

Which kingdom era is known as the “Golden Age of Egypt”? (Old, Middle or New?)

Answer 19

New Kingdom of Egypt

SotW1 - Ch. 13

Question 20

Period of Thutmose I’s rule as pharaoh of Egypt

Answer 20

1524-1518 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 13

Question 21

Period of Amenhotep IV’s (later Akhenaten) rule as pharaoh of Egypt

Answer 21

1350-1334 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 13

Question 22

Which Egyptian pharaoh dynasty were Thutmose I and Hatshepsut both a part of? (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)

Answer 22

18th dynasty

SotW1 - Ch. 13

Question 23

Period of Hatshepsut’s rule as pharaoh of Egypt

Answer 23

1498-1483 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 13

Question 24

Tutankhaten (later Tutankhamen) born

Answer 24

1343 BC

SotW1 - Ch. 13

Question 25

Tutankhamen died

Answer 25

1325 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 13

Question 26

Carthage first settled by Phonecians

Answer 26

~814 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 15

Question 27

Period of the height of Phoenician civilization

Answer 27

1200-700 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 15

Question 28

Period of Assyrian expansion

Answer 28

1300-1200 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 16

Question 29

Period of Tiglathpileser III's rule and greatest extent of Assyria

Answer 29

745-727 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 16

Question 30

Period of Ashurbanipal's rule (the last great Assyrian king)

Answer 30

668-627 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 16

Question 31

Period of Nebuchadnezzar's rule

Answer 31

605-561 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 17

Question 32

Period of the height of Minoann civilization

Answer 32

2200-1450 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 18

Question 33

Mycenaeans settled Crete

Answer 33

1450 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 19

Question 34

Period of the Greek Dark Ages

Answer 34

1200-700 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 19

Question 35

Homer lived

Answer 35

~800 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 20

Question 36

Babylon falls to the Persians

Answer 36

539 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 21

Question 37

Earliest Persians lived

Answer 37

~700 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 21

Question 38

Period of Cyrus the Great's rule

Answer 38

559-525 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 21

Question 39

Greek city-states begin to arise

Answer 39

~800 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 22

Question 40

Greco-Persian wars begins

Answer 40

500 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 24

Question 41

Battle of Marathon

Answer 41

490 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 24

Question 42

Battle of Salamis

Answer 42

480 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 24

Question 43

Period of the Peloponnesian War

Answer 43

431-404 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 24

Question 44

King Phillip conquers Greek city-states

Answer 44

338 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 25

Question 45

Period of Alexander the Great's rule

Answer 45

336-323 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 25

Question 46

Nazca civilization flourished

Answer 46

200 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 26

Question 47

Period of the height of Olmec civilization

Answer 47

1200-900 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 26

Question 48

Period of the First Punic War

Answer 48

264-241 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 29

Question 49

Period of the Second Punic War

Answer 49

218-202 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 29

Question 50

Hannibal invades Italy during Punic Wars

Answer 50

218 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 29

Question 51

Punic Wars end

Answer 51

146 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 29

Question 52

Aryans came to India

Answer 52

~1500 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 30

Question 53

High point of the Aryan civilization in India

Answer 53

500 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 30

Question 54

Period that Siddhartha Guatama (the Buddah) lived

Answer 54

~563-483 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 30

Question 55

Asoki rules as a Mauryan king/emperor

Answer 55

268-233 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 31

Question 56

Period of the Mauryan Empire

Answer 56

321-233 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 31

Question 57

Qin Zheng becomes emperor of all China, and China is unified for the first time (also changes his name to Shi Huangdi)

Answer 57

221 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 32

Question 58

China's "Period of the Warring States" begins

Answer 58

~500 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 32

Question 59

Qin Zheng's forced unification begins

Answer 59

~230 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 32

Question 60

Qin Zheng orders the Chinese warlord's books burned

Answer 60

212 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 32

Question 61

Construction of the Great Wall of China begins

Answer 61

214 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 32

Question 62

Period that Confucius lived

Answer 62

~551-479 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 33

Question 63

Julius Caesar becomes the Roman governor of Spain

Answer 63

69 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 34

Question 64

Julius Caesar born

Answer 64

100 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 34

Question 65

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon

Answer 65

January 10, 49 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 35

Question 66

Period of Julius Caesar's campaigns in Britain

Answer 66

55-54 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 35

Question 67

Julius Caesar arrives in Egypt

Answer 67

48 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 35

Question 68

Julius Caesar assasinated

Answer 68

March 15, 44 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 35

Question 69

Octavian becomes a consul

Answer 69

43 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 36

Question 70

Period beginning with Octavian becoming Augustus Caesar, and ruling as emperor of the Roman Empire, and ending with his death

Answer 70

27 BC-14 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 36

Question 71

Actual year of Jesus' birth

Answer 71

3 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 37

Question 72

Temple in Jerusalem destroyed by Romans

Answer 72

70 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 38

Question 73

Period Nero ruled

Answer 73

54-68 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 39

Question 74

Period Constantine ruled

Answer 74

312-337 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 39

Question 75

Bodicea's revolt against Rome

Answer 75

61-63 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 40

Question 76

Diocletian comes to the throne

Answer 76

284 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 40

Question 77

Diocletian divides the Roman Empire

Answer 77

286 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 40

Question 78

Period Diocletian and Maximian rule the Roman Empire jointly

Answer 78

286-305 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 40

Question 79

Attila the Hun dies

Answer 79

453 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 41

Question 80

Stilicho becomes regent for the Western Roman Empire, after Theodosius

Answer 80

395 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 41

Question 81

Stilicho drives Alaric away

Answer 81

397 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 41

Question 82

Stilicho executed

Answer 82

408 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 41

Question 83

Visigoths sack Rome

Answer 83

410 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 41

Question 84

Period Romulus Augustus ruled

Answer 84

475-476 AD | SotW1 - Ch. 42

Question 85

Cleopatra born

Answer 85

69 BC | SotW1 - Ch. 35

Question 86

The Battle of Milvian Bridge

Answer 86

312 AD | SotW1 - Ch.39

Question 87

Period of the New Kingdom of Egypt

Answer 87

1550-1077 BC | (SotW1 - Ch. 13)?