Archaic and Classical

Question 0

Mycenae

Answer 0

1,400 to 1,200 BC in Greece

Question 1

Minoans

Answer 1

2,700 to 1,500 BC

Question 2

King David seizes Jerusalem

Answer 2

1,000 BC

Question 3

King Solomon

Answer 3

970-930 BC

Question 4

Phoenician alphabet

Answer 4

900 BC begins to spread across the Mediterranean area.

Question 5

Code of Hammurabi

Answer 5

800 BC in Babylon

Question 6

Archaic Greece

Answer 6

800-500 BC

Question 7

The first Olympic games are held

Answer 7

776 BC in Olympia

Question 8

The Assyrians destroy Israel

Answer 8

722 BC

Question 9

The Babylonians sack Jerusalem

Answer 9

586 BC

Question 10

Persia conquers Babylon

Answer 10

539 BC Cyrus the Great conquers the Chaldeans in Babylon, allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem, where they rebuild the Temple.

Question 11

The birth of democracy in Greece

Answer 11

510 when the citizens of Athens revolt against the tyrant Isagoras and recall Cliesthenes from exile. Under his leadership, they build the Athenian Asembly, where matters of importance to the polis are decided by vote (white and black ostri or pebbles).

Question 12

The birth of the Roman Republic

Answer 12

510 BC with the overthrow of the Etruscan King.

Question 13

The Persian Wars

Answer 13

499 to 449 BC

Question 14

The Battle of Marathon

Answer 14

490 BC

Question 15

Athens defeats Persia’s second invasion

Answer 15

480 BC

Athens controls the Delian League and trade on the Aegean.

Question 16

Pericles leads Athens

Answer 16

448-32 BC

Question 17

The Peloponnesian War

Answer 17

431-404 BC

Question 18

Socrates’ suicide

Answer 18

399 BC

Question 19

Plato writes the Republic

Answer 19

380 BC

Question 20

The life of Aristotle

Answer 20

384 to 322 BC