Book 1, Chapter 2, Set 1

Question 1

When did the Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamian city-states begin? (page 48)

Answer 1

About 3000 BCE.

Question 2

When did the Bronze Age in southeast Europe begin and where more specifically did they begin? (page 48)

Answer 2

It started in Minoan Crete and Cyclades Greece around 3000 BCE.

Question 3

When did the Early Harappan phase of the Indus Valley civilization begin and end? (page 48)

Answer 3

It began around 3300 BCE and ended around 2800 BCE.

Question 4

Over what time period did the first cities in South America develop? (page 48)

Answer 4

From about 3000 to 2750 BCE.

Question 5

When might the mythical king Gilgamesh have ruled over Uruk in Mesopotamia? (page 48)

Answer 5

Around 2750 BCE.

Question 6

When was silk weaving first known to have been practiced in China? (page 48)

Answer 6

Around 2750 BCE.

Question 7

When did the First Dynasty in Egypt begin and what was one reason this period was significant? (page 48)

Answer 7

Around 2613 BCE. This was the period of the first true pyramids.

Question 8

When was the outer circle of Stonehenge erected? (page 48)

Answer 8

c. 2550 BCE.

Question 9

When was the Great Pyramid of Khufu built in Giza in Memphis, Egypt? (page 48)

Answer 9

c. 2540 BCE.

Question 10

When did the Egypt 3rd dynasty begin and along with it the Egyptian Old Kingdom/? (page 48)

Answer 10

c. 2686 BCE.

Question 11

When was the step pyramid of Djoser built at Saqqara?

Answer 11

c. 2650 BCE.

Question 12

When did the use of metalworking reach across Europe to the British Isles? (page 48)

Answer 12

c. 2500 BCE.

Question 13

When did the 6th dynasty of Egypt end, when did the Old Kingdom of Egypt collapse, and when did the First Intermediate Period of Egypt begin? (page 48)

Answer 13

c. 2181 BCE.

Question 14

When did the Akkadian empire founded by Sargon begin to decline? (page 48)

Answer 14

c. 2100 BCE.

Question 15

When did Mentuhotep II, ruler of Thebes, unite Upper and ?Lower Egypt and thus begin Egypt’s Middle Kingdom? (page 48)

Answer 15

2040 BCE.

Question 16

When did the Shang state begin in China? (page 49)

Answer 16

c. 1800 BCE.

Question 17

When was the first time Babylon controlled all of Mesopotamia? (page 49)

Answer 17

c. 1757 BCE.

Question 18

When was the Law Code of Hammurabi of Babylon first displayed on memorial stones throughout Mesopotamia? (page 49)

Answer 18

c. 1755 BCE.

Question 19

When did the Middle Kingdom of Egypt end and the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt begin? (page 49)

Answer 19

c. 1730 BCE.

Question 20

When was leavened bread first developed and where? (page 49)

Answer 20

c. 1680 BCE in Egypt.

Question 21

When was Linear B script developed by the Mycenaeans? (page 49)

Answer 21

c. 1600 BCE.

Question 22

When did Hittite king Mursili II sack Babylon and end Hammurabi’s dynasty and the Old Kingdom of Babylon?

Answer 22

1595 BCE.

Question 23

When did Egyptian rulers start being buried in rock-cut tombs in the Valley of the
Kings? (page 49)

Answer 23

c. 1570 BCE.

Question 24

When did Egypt New Kingdom begin with a new capital at Thebes facing the Valley of the Kings? (page 49)

Answer 24

c. 1550 BCE.

Question 25

When did New Kingdom Egypt reach its peak under Amenhophis III? (page 50)

Answer 25

1417 BCE.

Question 26

When did Amenophis IV change his name to Akhenaten and encourage worship of the sun, Aten? (page 50)

Answer 26

c. 1350 BCE.

Question 27

When did the priests of Amun restore religious and artistic orthodoxy in Egypt during the reign of Tutankhamun? (page 50)

Answer 27

c. 1336 BCE.

Question 28

When did the Egyptians under Ramses II fight the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh? (page 50)

Answer 28

c. 1275 BCE.

Question 29

When did Ramses II die? (page 50)

Answer 29

1213 BCE.

Question 30

When was the death of Ramses III, Egypt’s last great pharaoh? (page 51)

Answer 30

1166 BCE.