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Basic History Quiz

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cave art by anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) in what is now Spain and France ~30,000-15,000 BCE
arrival of first humans in the Americas ~17,000 BCE
end of the most recent ice age ~9500 BCE
earliest domestication of cattle (in the Middle East) ~8000 BCE
independent invention of writing in Mesopotamia ~3300 BCE
start of Ancient Egypt ~3000 BCE
independent invention of writing in China ~1400 BCE
most events in the Christian Old Testament (= the Jewish Torah, more or less) ~1100 - 500 BCE
peak of classical Ancient Greece ~400 BCE
beginning of the Roman Republic (which evolved into the Roman Empire) ~350 BCE
most events in the Christian New Testament ~30 AD
end of the Roman Empire, AND beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe ~450 AD
founding of Muslim religion (Islam) ~620 AD
~700: peak of Mayan urbanism in southeast Mexico and Guatemala ~700 AD
end of the Middle Ages in Europe ~1450 AD
peak of the Renaissance in Europe, AND first exploration of the Americas by Europeans that led to permanent settlement ~1500 AD
Isaac Newton describes the laws of motion 1690 AD
US War of Independence (Revolution) 1775 – 1783 AD
invention of the train (locomotive) ~1830 AD
US Civil War, AND end of slavery in the US 1860 – 1865 AD
invention of the airplane 1903 AD
start of the Soviet Union (USSR) 1922 AD
World War II 1939 – 1945 AD
division of India (Hindustan) into India and Pakistan 1947 AD
Nigeria achieves independence from the United Kingdom 1960 AD
end of the Soviet Union (USSR) 1991 AD
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