SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Classical Antiquity Timeline
Start Test
Study First
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. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
c. 500 BCE
326 BCE
220
18 BCE
2. Edict of Milan declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral toward religious worship.
480 BCE
232 BCE
185 BCE
313
3. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
476
18 BCE
500 BCE
479 BCE
4. Purported date of the accession of Jimmu - the mythical first Emperor of Japan
745 BCE
429 BCE
660 BCE
479 BCE
5. Rise of Persian Empire
551 BCE
653 BCE
232 BCE
238
6. Expulsion of the last King of Rome - founding of Roman Republic (traditional date)
207 BCE
653 BCE
509 BCE
c. 500 BCE
7. 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
475 BCE
400 BCE
476
563 BCE
8. Julius Caesar murdered by Marcus Brutus and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of Roman Empire
475 BCE
44 BCE
600 BCE
753 BCE
9. El Mirador - largest early Maya city - flourishes
44 BCE
563 BCE
354
200 BCE
10. Kingdom of Nan Yueh extends from North Vi?t Nam to Canton
c. 500 BCE
207 BCE
612 BCE
220
11. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
c. 200 BCE
4 BCE
745 BCE
745 BCE
12. Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
280
586 BCE
612 BCE
14
13. Emergence of Satavahanas in SouthIndia
612 BCE
14
207 BCE
230 BCE
14. Darius I (Darius the Great) of Persia - subjugates eastern Thrace - Macedonia submits voluntarily - and annexes Libya - Persian Empire at largest extent
321 BCE
232 BCE
c. 512 BCE
44 BCE
15. Destruction of Jerusalem by the armies of Titus.
70
335
563 BCE
335
16. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
404 BCE
250 BCE
546 BCE
410
17. Death of Alexander the Great at Babylon
323 BCE
432 BCE
207 BCE
539 BCE
18. 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.
305 BCE
600 BCE
378
331 BCE
19. Three Kingdoms period begins in Korea.
300 BCE
18 BCE
202 BCE
221 BCE
20. Pingala uses zero and binary numeral system
226
500 BCE
700 BCE
525 BCE
21. Murder of Xerxes
465 BCE
44 BCE
612 BCE
399 BCE
22. Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western Empires.
49 BCE
c. 500 BCE
354
285
23. Panini standardizes the grammar and morphology of Sanskrit in the text Ashtadhyayi. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as Classical Sanskrit
9
500 BCE
273 BCE
745 BCE
24. Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE
458 BCE
479 BCE
458 BCE
25. Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of Jesus Christ
529 BCE
4 BCE
465 BCE
525 BCE
26. Battle of Adrianople - Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes.
378
321 BCE
469 BCE
410
27. Death of Cyrus
410
44 BCE
529 BCE
285
28. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
c. 500 BCE
323 BCE
111 BCE
226
29. Rise of Parthia (Ashk
111 BCE
192
250 BCE
79
30. Battle of the TeutoburgForest - the Imperial Roman Army's bloodiest defeat
586 BCE
9
221 BCE
404 BCE
31. Mahavira - founder of Jainism is born
549 BCE
280
551 BCE
192
32. Emperor Wu established Jin Dynasty providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating Three Kingdoms period.
745 BCE
257 BCE
c. 500 BCE
280
33. First Chinese domination of Vi?t Nam in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
653 BCE
549 BCE
111 BCE
480 BCE
34. Chola dynasty rises in prominence.
745 BCE
508 BCE
432 BCE
c. 100 BCE
35. Rise of Persian Empire
612 BCE
300 BCE
653 BCE
226
36. Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the Sassanian Empire.
9
226
404 BCE
378
37. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
745 BCE
544 BCE
410
475 BCE
38. Spring and Autumn Period begins in China; Zhou Dynasty's power is diminishing; the era of the Hundred Schools of Thought
29
323 BCE
18 BCE
722 BCE
39. Kingdom of Champa in Central Vi?t Nam.
550 BCE
192
776 BCE
202 BCE
40. Democracy instituted atAthens
508 BCE
c. 455
c. 455
226
41. Earliest theorized date for birth of Jesus of Nazareth
549 BCE
6 BCE
68
185 BCE
42. Nanda dynasty comes to power.
221 BCE
476
424 BCE
335
43. Death of Confucius
479 BCE
563 BCE
447 BCE
586 BCE
44. Death of Confucius
220
745 BCE
479 BCE
508 BCE
45. Rise of Magadha as the dominant power under Bimbisara.
192
305 BCE
490 BCE
544 BCE
46. Sunga Empire founded.
4 BCE
185 BCE
745 BCE
563 BCE
47. Sophocles's play Oedipus the King is first performed
429 BCE
185 BCE
c. 500 BCE
221 BCE
48. Founding of Rome (traditional date)
551 BCE
600 BCE
753 BCE
331 BCE
49. Visigoths sacks Rome for the first time since 390 BCE.
410
44 BCE
479 BCE
475 BCE
50. Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt
612 BCE
c. 600 BCE
232 BCE
525 BCE