| Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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| 753 BC | Romulus founds this city on the Tiber River | Rome | 97%
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| c. 700s BC | This blind poet composes the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" | Homer | 94%
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| 776 BC | This sporting competition is held for the first time | Olympic games | 93%
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| 660 BC | According to legend, Jimmu becomes the first emperor of this country. Today, we are on emperor #126. | Japan | 85%
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| 814 BC | Queen Dido founds this city near modern-day Tunis | Carthage | 83%
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| c. 800 BC | Lycurgus reforms the laws of this Greek city to emphasize equality, austerity, and military fitness | Sparta | 83%
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| 774 BC | This country is conquered by Nubians, who found the 25th dynasty | Egypt | 82%
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| 771 BC | In this river basin, the Western Zhou dynasty ends and the Eastern Zhou begins | Yellow River | 82%
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| c. 970 BC | This king of Israel dies and is succeeded by his son Solomon | David | 77%
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| 763 BC | This type of celestial event is recorded in the Middle East, allowing modern historians to date other events during that period | Solar eclipse | 76%
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| c. 900s BC | Solomon starts the construction of this building in Jerusalem | First Temple | 72%
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| 754 BC | Greek settlers found this city, the oldest in France | Marseille | 71%
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| 612 BC | Nineveh, the capital of this empire, is sacked by the Babylonians and others | Neo-Assyrian | 59%
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| c. 800s BC | The earliest of the Upanishads are written in this language | Sanskrit | 54%
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| 667 BC | This city on the Golden Horn is founded by Greek colonists | Byzantium | 53%
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| c. 600s BC | These circular metal objects are invented in the kingdom of Lydia | Coins | 53%
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| 831 BC | Pygmalion begins his 46 year reign as king of this Phoenician city in modern-day Lebanon | Tyre | 40%
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