Unit 0 Must Know Dates

Question 1

Beginnings of agriculture

Answer 1

8000 BCE

Question 2

Early civilizations

Answer 2

3000 BCE

Question 3

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 3

18th cen BCE

Question 4

Iron Age

Answer 4

1300 BCE

Question 5

Hebrew Kingdoms (beginnings of Judaism)

Answer 5

10th-6 cen BCE

Question 6

Life of Buddha, Confucius, Lau Tsu (Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism)

Answer 6

6th cen BCE

Question 7

Greek Golden Age - democratic Athens, philosophers (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)

Answer 7

5th cen BCE

Question 8

Qin unifies China

Answer 8

221 BCE

Question 9

Beginnings of Christianity

Answer 9

32 CE

Question 10

end of Han Dynasty

Answer 10

220 cen CE

Question 11

Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

Answer 11

4th cen CE

Question 12

Fall of Rome

Answer 12

476 CE

Question 13

Justinian begins rule of Byzantine Empire

Answer 13

527 CE

Question 14

Rise of Islam and the Islamic Empire

Answer 14

632 CE

Question 15

Abbasid caliphate begins/Islamic Golden Age

Answer 15

750 CE

Question 16

1st Schism in Christian Church

Answer 16

1054 CE

Question 17

Norman conquest of England

Answer 17

1066 CE

Question 18

Battle of Manzikert (Seljuk Turks defeat Byzantine Empire)

Answer 18

1071 CE

Question 19

1st Crusade

Answer 19

1095 CE