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Description	Time / Year	Answer	% Correct
This diverse group of reptiles become extinct.	- 66 million	Dinosaurs	79%
This process begins: light energy synthesizes sugars from carbon dioxide and water, releasing oxygen as a waste product.	- 3000 million	Photosynthesis	79%
Humans domesticate and tame the equus ferus caballus, otherwise known as the...	-2000	Horse	67%
This 'great' leader of Macedonia conquers the entire Persian Empire	-330	Alexander the Great	66%
Rather than hunting and gathering, Homo Sapiens begin this food-producing practice.	- 11,500	Farming / Agriculture	66%
King Menes founds this pyramid-building civilization.	-3150	Egypt	65%
By this year, most countries on this continent are decolonised.	1975	Africa	62%
This illness kills half of Europe, resulting in up to 200 million deaths.	1350	Black Death	62%
The European Union introduces this currency. The UK keeps Sterling.	1999	Euro	62%
The Declaration of Independence is signed in this new country.	1776	United States of America	62%
This major war begins.	1914	World War I	62%
This individual is sentenced by Pontius Pilate to be scourged and then crucified by the Romans.	30	Jesus Christ	61%
Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on this natural satellite.	1969	Moon	61%
Four coordinated terror attacks bring down this New York trade hub.	2001	World Trade Center	61%
This explorer sets off on his first voyage from Spain. He later finds the Americas.	1492	Christopher Columbus	60%
Homonids learn how to control this useful exothermic chemical process.	-1.5 million	Fire	60%
This enlightened religious leader is born in Ancient India.	- 480	Buddha	59%
Ex-slaves in this Caribbean country rise against the French Republic to establish independence from slave owners and colonial powers.	1791	Haiti	59%
This empire establish colonial dominance throughout the Mediterranean	1	Roman	59%
Moscow loses its governing power, leading to the fast dissolution of this socialist state.	1991	Soviet Union	59%
The Stock markets crash, causing this period of economic hardship.	1929	The Great Depression	59%
This Japanese city is bombed by the USAAF, killing up to 160,000	1945	Hiroshima	58%
This car-powering fossil fuel is discovered in Persia.	1908	Oil	58%
The USSR and USA fight over spaceflight achievements.	1957	The Space Race	58%
This Ancient Greek philosopher writes The Republic.	- 390	Plato	56%
An abundance of this essential metal is first used in the Middle East and Balkans to make bronze.	-3000	Tin	56%
This great Chinese teacher is born. His students would later write The Analects in his honour.	- 551	Confucius	55%
Europeans begin using this abundant metal, bringing in the final of the three pre-historic periods.	- 1100	Iron	55%
Constantinople falls to this Caliphate led by Mehmed the Conqueror, starting this empire.	1453	Ottoman Empire	55%
This war between the Union and the confederacy ends, leading to the liberty of four million black slaves.	1865	American Civil War	54%
This system of racial segregation is repealed in South Africa.	1991	Apartheid	54%
This man becomes integral to the eventual independence of India this year.	1947	Mahatma Gandhi	54%
This Corsican is crowned emperor of the French.	1804	Napoleon	54%
Europe's rebirth, bringing them out of the cultural, social and economic dark ages marked by the fall of Rome.	1450	Renaissance	54%
The Ottoman empire having come to an end, this country fights for and gains independence, preventing the establishment of a new Byzantine Empire.	1923	Turkey	54%
These Norse people begin to raid and establish settlements in Northern Europe. The longship was one of the keys to their success.	793	Vikings	54%
This empire survives as 'Eastern Rome', more commonly known as this.	476	Byzantine Empire	53%
Practically all major animal phyla started appearing in the fossil record.	- 541 million	Cambrian explosion	53%
New manufacturing processes in engineering begin this revolution.	1760	Industrial Revolution	53%
This man becomes the first leader of the USSR.	1922	Vladimir Lenin	53%
The mysterious explosion of the USS Maine is blamed on this country, leading to a war over Cuba.	1898	Spain	52%
This transcontinental network of trade routes proves integral to the development of Asian, Europe and the horn of Africa.	207-220	The Silk Road	52%
The Qing dynasty fights back against colonial trade (especially British) in these wars.	1839	Opium Wars	51%
Byzantium is given this new name and is made the capital of the newly pious Roman Empire	330	Constantinople	49%
This Mongolian emperor begins a campaign, conquering much of modern China, central Asia and Eastern Europe.	1206	Genghis Khan	49%
This conduit for maritime trade is created. It connects the Atlantic and Pacific ocean.	1914	Panama Canal	49%
This period of post-war prosperity begins, known for jazz, bootlegging mobsters and the Charlestone. It would later colloquially be known as this:	1920	The Roaring Twenties / The Jazz Age	47%
Using stone, homonids start hammering away at things using these implements.	- 3.5 million	Tools	47%
This king of the Franks becomes the first Holy Roman Emperor.	800	Charlemagne	46%
This tribunal begins in Spain, rooting out non-Christians or burning them in public.	1478	Spanish Inquisition	46%
The peace of the Gupta Empire starts the Indian Golden Age, known for creating zero, the decimal numeral system and this fun 8x8 game.	400	Chess	45%
Non-Romans destroy Western Rome, but Romans called them by this name.	476	Barbarians	44%
Harold Godwinson loses the Battle of Hastings this year to this Duke of Normandy.	1066	William the Conquerer	44%
The world nears nuclear war due to this confrontation between the USA and the USSR.	1962	Cuban Missile Crisis	42%
The first Tsar of Russia. He establishes Muscovy as an empire after taking control of the entire Volga river.	1556	Ivan the Terrible	42%
The British set off on this First Fleet to establish this colony in modern day Australia. Today it is the oldest state in Australia.	1788	New South Wales	42%
These expert seafarers and merchants take prominence after a violent collapse of the key bronze age civilizations. They would go on to invent the alphabet.	- 1500	Phoenician	42%
Bartolomeu Dias becomes the first European to sail around this southernmost tip of Africa.	1488	Cape of Good Hope	41%
Emperor Ying Zheng unites all the seven states of China, thereby ending the Warring States period and bringing in this dynasty.	-221	Qin Dynasty	41%
A scathing criticism of the Catholic church by Martin Luther leads to this period of religious change.	1517	Reformation	40%
The original Thermidorian Reaction: this revolutionary and executionist of Louis XVI is himself executed in France, ending the Reign of Terror.	1794	Robespierre	40%
This ancient Phoenician city-state loses the name Tyre, establishing itself as a major colonial power in the third century BC.	- 264	Carthage	39%
In response to the previous, the suicide-by-asp of this ruler also marked the end of Ptolemaic Kingdom.	-30	Cleopatra	39%
Poorly regulated lending leads to this market crash, the worst since the Great Depression.	2008	Great Recession	39%
Saul becomes the first king of this newly united kingdom.	- 1037	Judah / Judea	38%
The first of this kind of military government begins in Japan.	1192	Shogunate	38%
Dynastic policy pursued by Maximilian I gets this family into French, Austrian, Dutch and Italian seats of power, causing monarchical control of Spain this year.	1516	Habsburg	35%
This six week massacre in China becomes a lasting memory of Japanese aggression during World War II.	1937	Rape of Nanking	35%
Homo Sapiens begin using this useful communicative tool.	- 200,000	Speech	35%
In response to the above, the rule of the British East India Company is transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria, establishing this	1858	British Raj	34%
The Mycenaeans become the earliest form of this civilization.	- 1600	Greek	34%
The major powers of Great Britain, Prussia and France, the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria and the Russian Empire go to war over their colonies.	1756	Seven Years War	34%
This Emperor of Mali goes on tour. He may have been the richest person of the Middle Ages.	1324	Mansa Musa	33%
Following antagonism from Cyrus the Great, these half-century wars between the Greek and Persian empire begin. Xerxes I is remembered as a key figure of this war.	499	Greco-Persian Wars	32%
The Berlin Conference causes this colonial phenomenon, eliminating the autonomy of many African nations in favour of European dominion.	1884	Scramble for Africa	32%
Adoption of technological systems such as telegraph and railroad networks, gas and water supply, and sewage systems leads to the second of these industrial booms.	1870	Second Industrial Revolution	32%
Alexius I feels the pressure due to the above. The Pope orders Christian armies to march to Jerusalem, attacking several cities on their way.	1099	First Crusade / Siege of Jerusalem	31%
This federation of East Slavic and Finnic peoples begins.	882	Kievan Rus	31%
This Mauryan ruler gives five hundred elephants to his rival Selecus in an territorial alliance treaty.	-305	Chandragupta	28%
This communist government is established by Mao in China.	1949	CPC	28%
The largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas reaches its peak, with a population estimated at 125,000 or more, making it at least the sixth-largest city in the world.	450	Teotihuacan	28%
This Sultan of the Ottoman state rules over at least 25 million people.	1540	Suleiman the Magnificent	27%
Earth's most severe extinction event. Mysteriously, up to 96% of all marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species now extinct.	- 252 million	Permian extinction	26%
China is split between the kingdoms of Wei, Shu (Han) and Wu in this period.	220 - 280	Three Kingdoms	26%
Key linguistic, scientific and cultural work hits its stride in this important levantine house / library, harkening in the Islamic Golden Age	756	Baghdad House of Wisdom	25%
This period of Greek cultural influence and power ends, owing to Augustus's defeat of Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium.	-31	Hellenistic	25%
The introduction of the camel to the western Sahara, opens the way to great economic changes in the area that would become this empire.	300	Ghana Empire / Wagadou	24%
These early chariot-riding peoples start the Hittite Empire.	- 1600	Indo-European	24%
Tsar Nicholas II's reign ends after this social revolution in Russia.	1917	Russian Revolution	24%
With Java as its capital, this Hindu empire owns large swaths of land in the Indian and Pacific empire.	1389	Majapahit	22%
This treaty between Spain and Portugal divides up the newfound lands of the Americas.	1494	Treaty of Tordesillas	22%
This nomadic group establish dominance in inner Asia	576	Göktürks	18%
Regular trading starts relationships between many states around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, starting the first of this kind of civilization.	-3500	River Valley Civilization	18%
The Byzantines are beaten by this Islamic dynasty at the Battle of Manzikert, establishing a wide area of dominance in the area.	1071	Seljuk Turks	18%
This secret treaty allowed the British, Italians and French to divide up the Middle East and control certain areas by proxy. When later exposed, it was seen as a betrayal of their promises to the Arabs.	1916	Sykes-Picot	18%
The Low Countries begin fighting for a republic after repression by the Habsburgs.	1566	The Dutch Revolt	15%
Dutch companies invade Portuguese colonies in the Americas, Africa, India and the Far East, starting this maritime war.	1601	Dutch–Portuguese War / Spice War	14%
Shortly following the death of the prophet Muḥammad, this Islamic Caliphate now controls most of the Middle East and much of North Africa.	654	Rashidun Caliphate	14%
This man becomes the Monarch of Saudi Arabia.	1932	Ibn Saud	13%
T.E Lawrence helps the Arabs achieve a military victory against the Ottomans in this uprising. The creation of a unified Arab state would later fall through, however.	1918	Arab Revolt	12%
Indians fight back against the East India trading company in these revolts.	1857	Indian Rebellion / Indian Revolt	9%
The Dutch republic is established upon the signing of this treaty by the Lords States General of the United Netherlands and the Spanish Crown.	1648	Peace of Münster	7%