Unit 6 Timeline

Question 1

509 BCE Roman Republic

Answer 1

Rome expels Etruscan aristocrats and replaces its monarchy with a republic

Question 2

475 BCE Warring States Period

Answer 2

The Zhou Dynasty collapses slowly to civil war as China fragments into quarreling kingdoms

Question 3

c. 400 BCE Preclassic Flourishing

Answer 3

El Mirador (in Guatemala) is the dominant city-state in Mesoamerica (first time for a Maya city-state)

Question 4

c. 300 BCE

Answer 4

Maya Kingship Monarchies replace various types of oligarchies across the Maya city-states

Question 5

202 BCE Han Dynasty

Answer 5

Peasant-soldier Liu Bang (later Gaozu) is enthroned to replace the short-lived Qin Dynasty with his Han Dynasty

Question 6

202 BCE Roman Ascendency

Answer 6

Rome replaces Carthage as dominant Mediterranean power after the Second Punic War

Question 7

c. 6 BCE

Answer 7

Jesus is born in Israel as academic writing emerges across Afroeurasia in Jewish communities

Question 8

220 CE Six Dynasties Period

Answer 8

Rebel general Cao Cao dies after plunging the Han Dynasty into generations of unrest and civil war

Question 9

c. 250 CE Classic Flourishing

Answer 9

Tikal (in Guatemala) is dominant in Mesoamerica, as power shifts but Maya culture remains the leading one

Question 10

293 CE Division of the Empire

Answer 10

Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire into Western and Eastern halves with partnered emperors

Question 11

c. 600 BCE

Answer 11

Modern-style numerals (“Hindu-Arabic”) are in use across India

Question 12

618 CE Tang Dynasty

Answer 12

Aristocrat Li Yuan (later Gaozu) defeats influential but short-lived Sui Dynasty, starting the Tang Dynasty

Question 13

629 CE Byzantine Era

Answer 13

Eastern Emperor Heraclius (a Christian) retires Latin as an official government language; West is fragmented

Question 14

683 CE Late Classic Flourishing

Answer 14

Pacal the Great of Palenque (in Mexico) ends a 68-year reign (longest until 1700s CE) dominating Mesoamerica