Test your basic knowledge |

Ancient History Timeline

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






2. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






3. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






4. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






5. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






6. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






7. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






9. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America






10. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






11. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






12. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






13. The Hallstatt culture






14. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






15. Rise of Greek city-states






16. The mammoth goes extinct.






17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






18. Rise of Greek city-states






19. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






21. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






22. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






23. Alphabetic writing emerges






24. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






25. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






26. Mycenaean Greece






27. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






28. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






29. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






31. The Hallstatt culture






32. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






33. Rise of Elam in Iran






34. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






35. Newgrange Ireland






36. completion of Stonehenge.






37. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






38. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






39. Newgrange Ireland






40. Domestication of the horse






41. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






42. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






43. First dynasty of Egypt






44. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






45. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






46. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






49. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






50. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America