| Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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| 404 BC | This city-state defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War | Sparta | 94%
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| 528 BC | This man, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, attains Enlightenment while sitting under the Bodhi tree | Buddha | 89%
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| 5th century BC | The general Sun Tzu supposedly writes this famous text | The Art of {War} | 87%
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| 509 BC | This city overthrows its last king, becoming a republic | Rome | 83%
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| c. 551 BC | This great Chinese philosopher is born | Confucius | 82%
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| 432 BC | This temple is completed on the Acropolis of Athens | The Parthenon | 82%
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| c. 586 BC | This city is conquered by the Babylonians, ending the kingdom of Judah and forcing its people into exile | Jerusalem | 81%
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| 490 BC | Phidippides runs 25 miles to announce the Greek victory over Persia at this battle | Battle of {Marathon} | 75%
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| 543 BC | Prince Vijaya founds the first Sinhalese kingdom on this island | Sri Lanka | 70%
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| 481 BC | This period of Chinese history comes to an end | {Spring} and Autumn Period | 60%
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| c. 470 BC | Departing from this Mediterranean city-state, Hanno the Navigator explores the African coast as far south as Cameroon | Carthage | 59%
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| 550 BC | This conqueror founds the First Persian Empire | {Cyrus} the Great | 56%
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| c. 500 BC | The Persian empire reaches its peak under this ruler. About 40% of the world's population is under his reign. | {Darius} the Great | 50%
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| c. 430 BC | This Greek historian writes "Histories" | Herodotus | 49%
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| 6th century BC | This civilization in modern-day Tuscany reaches its apex | Etruscan | 46%
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| 527 BC | Mahavira, the 24th supreme preacher of this Indian religion, attains nirvana | {Jain}ism | 44%
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| 5th century BC | This Mesoamerican civilization, known for its "colossal head" sculptures, comes to an end | Olmecs | 42%
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