Ancient
Medieval
Early Modern
Australian
20th-century
100

This river was the lifeblood of Ancient Egypt

The Nile
100

The plague wiped out this much of Europe

a third

100

This nation was 'discovered' by Columbus in 1492

America

100

Ned Kelly and his brothers were this type of criminal

Bushranger

100

This US president had a particularly mind-blowing 1963

John F. Kennedy

200

Your head might roll if you forget the name of this revolutionary French invention

The guillotine

200

The 1962 referendum granted this right to Australia's First Nations' peoples

The right to vote federally

200

Invading France, Germany in 1914 went for a walk through this neighbouring country

Belgium

300
This queen of Egypt has her head in a German museum

Nefertiti

300

Richard the Lionheart proved his loyalty to the Pope by embarking on one of these holy missions

A crusade

300

This invention by Gutenberg kicked off a revolution of words

The Printing Press

300

This Prime Minister went for a swim that was far too long

Harold Holt

300

In 1994 this person became the first black president of South Africa

Nelson Mandela

400

This stone helped us read Hieroglyphs

The Rosetta Stone

400

On July 4 1776 this document sent the British into a rage.

The Declaration of Independence

400

65 000 years

The length of First Nations' occupation

400

This treaty left the Germans in a tough spot

Treaty of Versaille

500

The Ancient Mesopotamians are responsible for this worthless number

Zero

500

The Western Schism of 1378-1417 saw Christianity have three of what prominent figure at once

The Pope

500

This way of thinking challenged the religious status quo and helped some to see the light

Enlightenment

500

1st of January 1901

Federation of Australia

500

6 August 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima