Prehistory
The Bronze Age
Antiquity
Medieval Period
The Renaissance
100
This large landmass existed during the Ice Age and connected Asia to North America, allowing early humans to migrate.
What is Beringia (or the Bering Land Bridge)?
100
This ancient Egyptian structure was built during the Bronze Age and remains one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
100
This city-state was the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
100
Knights followed this code of honor and conduct.
What is chivalry?
100
Renaissance means this in French.
What is "rebirth"?
200
This early human species, known for their burials and tool use, lived in Europe and Asia before going extinct.
Who were the Neanderthals?
200
This king is known for creating one of the world’s first written legal codes in Babylon.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
He was the student of Plato and teacher to Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
200
This deadly disease killed millions in Europe during the 1300s.
What was the Black Death/Bubonic Plague?
200
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg revolutionized the spread of knowledge.
What is the printing press?
300
This famous prehistoric monument in England is made of large standing stones.
What is Stonehenge?
300
This legendary Greek city was supposedly destroyed in the Trojan War.
What is Troy?
300
This battle in 480 BCE saw a small group of Spartans hold off a massive Persian army.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
300
These wars were fought between Christians and Muslims over control of the Holy Land. There were nine of them.
What were the Crusades?
300
This German monk started the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses to a church door in 1517.
Who was Martin Luther?
400
This famous early human fossil, nicknamed “Lucy,” was discovered in Africa.
Who is Australopithecus
400
This civilization on the island of Crete is known for its palace at Knossos and possible connection to the myth of the Minotaur.
What is the Minoan civilization?
400
This ancient city was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 CE and preserved for centuries.
What is Pompeii?
400
This woman led French forces during the Hundred Years’ War and was later canonized as a saint.
Who is Joan of Arc?
400
This Polish astronomer proposed that the Earth revolves around the sun.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
500
This Neolithic archaeological site in modern-day Turkey is one of the world’s oldest cities, dating back to about 7500 BCE.
What is Catalhoyuk?
500
This Bronze Age trade network allowed the exchange of tin, copper, spices, and luxury goods between ancient civilizations.
What is the Silk Road?
500
He conquered a vast empire from Greece to India before dying at dire old age of... 32.
Who is Alexander the Great?
500
This Viking explorer is believed to have reached North America around 1000 CE.
Who is Leif Erikson?
500
This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?