Test your basic knowledge |

Classical Antiquity 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. Rise of the Median Empire






2. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






3. Birth of Socrates






4. Foundation of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great






5. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent






6. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






7. Rise of Parthia (Ashk






8. Pandyan kingdom in SouthIndia






9. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt






10. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






11. Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at Battle of Marathon






12. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth






13. Rise of the Median Empire






14. The Oresteia by Aeschylus - the only surviving trilogy of ancient Greek plays - is performed.






15. Cyrus the Great overthrows Croesus King of Lydia






16. Invasion of Greece by Xerxes; Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis






17. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






18. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.






19. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.






20. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






21. Ashoka the Great becomes the emperor of the Mauryan Empire






22. completion of Euclid's Elements






23. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.






24. Death of Cyrus






25. Sixteen Maha Janapadas ('Great Realms' or 'Great Kingdoms') emerge inIndia.






26. Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul) - Aria (Herat) - Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from Seleucus I Nicator - the Macedonian satrap of Babylonia - in return for 500 elephants.






27. The Buddhist Srivijaya Empire established in Maritime Southeast Asia.






28. Defeat of Gordian III (238






29. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






30. Death of Emperor Ashoka the Great; Decline of the Mauryan Empire






31. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire






32. Building of the Parthenon atAthens started






33. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes






34. Alexander the Great defeatsIndian king Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River.






35. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)






36. Murder of Xerxes






37. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.






38. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.






39. Th?c Dynasty takes over Vi?t Nam (then Kingdom of






40. Constantine I organises theFirst Council of Nicaea.






41. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan






42. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit






43. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia






44. Zapotec culture flourishes around city of Monte Alb






45. Three Kingdoms period begins in China after the fall of Han Dynasty.






46. Romulus Augustus - last Western Roman Emperor is forced to abdicate by Odoacer - a chieftain of the Germanic Heruli; Odoacer returns the imperial regalia to Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno in Constantinople in return for the title of dux of Italy; most fr






47. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.






48. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born






49. Samudragupta becomes the emperor of the Gupta empire.






50. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.