Thought to be the Jewish Messiah for his strength and power in battle
Who is Bar-Kokhba?
100
Ruling family during this time period, this man was their most famous leader
What is the Gupta Dynasty, their leader was Samudragupta
100
Document written to summarize key beliefs of the early church
What is the Apostle's Creed?
100
City destroyed and preserved by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
What is Pompeii?
100
Divided the rule of Rome between two caesars and other smaller leaders, caused an economic depression through inflation, demanded to be worshipped, and martyred Christians
Who is Diocletian?
200
Fortress built by Herod where Jewish zealots hid from the Romans, the people later destroyed themselves in the face of Roman attack
What is Masada?
200
The main religion of India and two of their beliefs or practices
What is India, the worship of many gods, and reincarnation?
200
Pope who named a holiday after a martyred Christian in order to Christianize and replace the pagan celebration of Lupercalia
Who is Pope Gelasius and Valentine's Day?
200
Migrated to Central America on the Bering Strait, flourished between 300-900 AD, used hieroglyphic writing, used bright colors in art and clothing, offered human sacrifices to their gods
Who are the Maya?
200
Given a vision from God to support the Christians, established the Edict of Milan to protect religious freedom in Rome, moved the capitol of Rome to Byzantium/ Constantinople
Who is Constantine the Great?
300
Ended in AD 70, Jews rise up in rebellion against the Romans, who had destroyed their temples
What is the First Jewish Revolt?
300
Made advances in three important areas of study
What are astronomy, chemistry, and mathematics?
300
Bishop, wrote Confessions as a personal testimony of his conversion to Christianity, his writing would influence later church leaders
Who is Saint Augustine?
300
Discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls
Who are the Bedouins?
300
Barbaric leader, reigned from 434-453, invaded and pillaged villages in and outside of the Eastern Roman Empire
Who is Attila the Hun?
400
Jews regain control over Jerusalem for a time, then the Romans attack a Jewish stronghold at Bethar and destroy temples and religious items, thousands of Jews killed including Bar-Kokhba
What is the Second Jewish Revolt?
400
Well loved stories and poems used as Hindu scriptures
What is the Ramayana?
400
This man translated the bible into the Latin Vulgate for this reason
Who is Jerome, and so the common people could read the bible?
400
A strict group of Jews though to have written the Dead Sea Scrolls at this location
Who are the Essenes at Qumran?
400
Two Germanic tribes who stormed Italy and eventually took Rome
Who are the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths?
500
Jewish archaeologist who discovered artifacts of Jews living in caves during and after the Second Jewish Revolt
Who is Yigael Yadin?
500
One of the greatest literary works of Asia, reflects Hindu beliefs and culture
What is the Mahabharata?
500
Kidnapped by Irish pirates as a teen, later received a dream to go back and share the Gospel in Ireland
Who is Saint Patrick?
500
Gained control over the Roman region we call England, another group gained control over the region we call France
Who are the Angles and Franks?
500
In 455 AD, looted, pillaged and burned much of Rome, took many Romans as slaves, then eventually Romulus Augustus overthrown by this man and the Western Roman Empire fell