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Human History Dates Only - 1000 BCE - 500 BCE Flashcards

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Q

What are the Dates only?

MIDDLE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

End

A

934 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

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911 BCE ( conquests of Babylonia, Persia, Lydia, Phrygians, Israel, Judah, Phoenicia, and Egypt.)

609 BCE: (Defeated at the Fall of Harran by the Babylonians and Medes)

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What are the DATES (only):

ANCIENT CARTHAGE

start and end only

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814 BCE: Phoenician started a colony.

146 BC: completely destroyed by the Rome in the Third Punic War.

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What are the DATES (only):

ROME (ANCIENT CITY OF ROME)

Founded

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753 BCE: Romulus and Remus

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What are the DATES (only):

THE MAYANS

Date began

Location

A

c.750 BCE: Began in Guatemala and Belize

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What are the DATES (only):

HOMER

A

~700 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

CONSTANTINOPLE

began as Byzantium

A

657 BCE (Colony of the Greeks As Byzantium)

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What are the DATES (only):

NEBUCHADNEZZAR

dates of his Empire only

A

620 BCE: his father rebelled from Assyria and founded the Neo-Babylon Empire

539 BCE: conquered by Cyrus the Great

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What are the DATES (only):

NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

A

620 BCE: Nebuchadnezzar’s father rebelled from Assyria

539 BCE: conquered by Cyrus the Great

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What are the DATES (only):

INVENTION OF COINS

A

610 BCE

(Lydian Empire)

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What are the DATES (only):

NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Dates of his reign

A

605 – 562 BCE, the longest and most powerful reign of any monarch in the Neo-Babylonian Empire

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What are the DATES (only):

GREEK PUNIC WARS

A

600–265 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

THE BABYLONIAN EXILE OF THE JUDEANS

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597 BCE: Nebuchadnezzar conquers Jerusalem

539 BCE: Cyrus the Great in captures Babylon, permits exiled Judeans to return to Judah.

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What are the DATES (only):

Croesus

How long his reign?

A

Croesus ‘Creesus’ reigned in Lydia for the last 14 years before it was conquered in 546 BCE by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.

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15
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What are the DATES (only):

TORAH - WHEN COMPLETED

A

597 BCE to 539 BCE

(during the Babylonian Exile) ?

Or after ?

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What are the DATES (only):

CROESUS

When was his city conquered?

A

546 BCE

Croesus ‘Creesus’ reigned in Lydia for the last 14 years before it was conquered in 546 BCE by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.

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What are the DATES (only):

TOWER OF BABEL (Etemenanki)

A

590-560 BCE

Etemenanki (Sumerian: “temple of the foundation of heaven and earth”) was the name of a ziggurat dedicated to Marduk in the city of Babylon, famously rebuilt by rulers Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar II

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What are the DATES (only):

CYRUS THE GREAT

Persian uprising vs Media

A

550 BCE

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What are the DATES (only):

ACHAEMENID EMPIRE

A

550 BCE: Cyrus the Great

330 BCE: Fall to Macedonia

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What are the DATES (only):

IRON AGE ENDS HISTORIOGRAPHY STARTS

Achaemenid Empire (record by Herodotus)

A

Achaemenid Empire c. 550 BCE (record by Herodotus)

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What are the DATES (only):

IRON AGE ENDS HISTORIOGRAPHY STARTS

Achaemenid Empire (record by Herodotus)

Central and Western Europe

End of the Germanic Iron Age of Scandinavia

A

Achaemenid Empire c. 550 BCE (record by Herodotus)

Central and Western Europe: the 1st century BCE (the Roman conquests)

The Germanic Iron Age of Scandinavia: c. CE 800, (the beginning of the Viking Age)

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What are the DATES (only):

LYDIA

end

A

546 BCE (Conquered by the Persian king Cyrus the Great)

23
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What are the DATES (only):

CYRUS THE GREAT

Conquest of Lydia

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Q

What are the DATES (only):

CYRUS THE GREAT

Conquest of Babylon

25
Q

What are the DATES (only):

CONQUEST OF CROESUS

A

546 BCE by Cyrus the Great

26
Q

What are the DATES (only):

ACHAEMENID EMPIRE

Conquest of Egypt

27
Q

What Happened on this Date?

934 BCE

A

MIDDLE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

End

28
Q

What happened on this date?

911 BCE

A

NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

Conquests of Babylonia, Persia, Lydia, Phrygians, Israel, Judah, Phoenicia, and Egypt.

29
Q

What happened on this date?

814 BCE

A

ANCIENT CARTHAGE

founded as a Phoenician colony.

30
Q

What happened on this date?

753 BCE

A

ROME (ANCIENT CITY)

Founded by Romulus and Remus

31
Q

What happened on this date?

750 BCE

A

THE MAYANS

Began in Guatemala and Belize

The first Maya cities developed around 750 BCE.

By 500 BC these cities possessed monumental architecture, including large temples with elaborate stucco façades.

32
Q

What happened on this date?

~700 BCE

33
Q

What happened on this date?

657 BCE

A

CONSTANTINOPLE

Founded as a colony of the Greeks as Byzantium

34
Q

What happened on this date?

620 BCE

A

Nebuchadnezzar’s father Nabopolassar rebelled from Assyria and founded the Neo-Babylon Empire

35
Q

What happened on this date?

610 BCE

A

LYDIAN EMPIRE

Invention of Coins

36
Q

What happened on this date?

609 BCE

A

NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

Defeated at the Fall of Harran by the Babylonians and Medes

37
Q

What happened on this date?

605 BCE

A

NEBUCHADNEZZAR

The longest and most powerful reign of any monarch in the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

Start of his Reign

38
Q

What happened on this date?

605 – 562 BCE

A

NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Dates of his reign, the longest and most powerful reign of any monarch in the Neo-Babylonian Empire

39
Q

What happened on this date?

600 BCE

A

GREEK PUNIC WARS

Start

40
Q

What happened on this date?

600-265 BCE

A

GREEK PUNIC WARS

41
Q

What happened on this date?

597 BCE

A

BABYLONIAN EXILE

Judeans Captured and taken to Babylon

42
Q

What happened on this date?

597 - 539 BCE

A

BABYLONIAN EXILE

Torah Completed there or after

43
Q

What happened on this date?

597 BCE

A

Nebuchadnezzar conquers Jerusalem

THE BABYLONIAN EXILE OF THE JUDEANS

44
Q

What happened on this date?

~590-560 BCE

A

TOWER OF BABEL (Etemenanki)

Etemenanki (Sumerian: “temple of the foundation of heaven and earth”) was the name of a ziggurat dedicated to Marduk in the city of Babylon, famously rebuilt by rulers Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar II

45
Q

What happened on this date?

562 BCE

A

NEBUCHADNEZZAR

The longest and most powerful reign of any monarch in the Neo-Babylonian Empire

End of his Reign

46
Q

What happened on this date?

550 BCE

A

ACHAEMENID EMPIRE

CYRUS THE GREAT

Persian uprising vs Media

IRON AGE ENDS HISTORIOGRAPHY STARTS

Achaemenid Empire (record by Herodotus)

47
Q

What happened on this date?

550 BCE

89-9 BCE

800 CE

A

IRON AGE ENDS HISTORIOGRAPHY STARTS

Achaemenid Empire (record by Herodotus)

Central and Western Europe

End of the Germanic Iron Age of Scandinavia

48
Q

What happened on this date?

546 BCE

A

CYRUS THE GREAT

Conquest of Lydia by the Persian king Cyrus the Great

CROESUS OF LYDIA

Croesus ‘ Creesus ‘ reigned in Lydia for the last 14 years before it was conquered in 546 BCE by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.

49
Q

What Happened on this Date?

546 BCE - 330 BCE

A

ACHAEMENID PERSIAN EMPIRE

(ANCIENT EMPIRES IN ANATOLIA)

50
Q

What happened on this date?

539 BCE

A

THE BABYLONIAN EXILE OF THE JUDEANS

Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon (famously bloodless), permits exiled Judeans to return to Judah.

51
Q

What happened on this date?

525 BCE

A

ACHAEMENID EMPIRE

Conquest of Egypt

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