The 2nd Millennium BC Quiz

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Year	Description	Answer
c. 1050 BC	This people group is the first one to create an alphabet	the Phoenicians
c. 1180 BC	The death of this hero is brought with an arrow to the heel	Achilles
1194 BC	The Greeks attack this city in a war (amongst others by donating a horse)	Troy
c. 1200 BC	This modern-day Portuguese city is founded	Lisbon
c. 1200 BC	This city of democracy begins its rise to power	Athens
1213 BC	This "great" Egyptian Pharaoh dies	Ramses II
c. 1225 BC	Birth of this woman whose face launched a thousand ships	Helen
1323 BC	This pharaoh dies aged 18, his body was rediscovered in 1922 AD	Tutankhamun
c. 1400 BC	This prophet who received the Ten Commandments is born	Moses
c. 1500 BC	This is the earliest known major civilization in Mexico	the Olmecs
1595 BC	This city in Mesopotamia is sacked by Hittites	Babylon
c. 1600 BC	This Greek island is devastated by a volcanic eruption, which might the inspiration for Atlantis	Santorini
1686 BC	After two years of famine, Israelites finally enter this country	Egypt
c. 1700 BC	This sacred text is written in Sanskrit	Vedas
1754 BC	This code, known for "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is created	Code of Hammurabi
c. 1800 BC	This huge animal with long tusks and long hair becomes extinct (last known place: Wrangel Island, Russia)	Mammoth
1877 BC	These two "sin cities" are destroyed	Sodom
1877 BC	These two "sin cities" are destroyed	Gomorrah
c. 1900 BC	This "cradle of civilization" comes to an end	Indus Valley Civilization
c. 2000 BC	This prehistoric monument and tourist attraction in South West England is completed (if not earlier)	Stonehenge

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