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First Known Upright and Erect Ancestors (1)
2 million years ago. The Homo Erectus. This type of human walked upright for the first time. -
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The Land Between the Rivers (3)
First farmers were in 5000 B.C. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers seperated Mesopotamia. They were the first permanent farmers. It lay at the crossroads of three continents : Africe, Asia, and Europe. -
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The First Type of Writing (4)
3500 B.C. The Egyptians created the first language in Egypt. -
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Crete (8)
Minos, the legendary king of Crete whose pet creature is the Minotaur, a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull which feeds on young human flesh. 2000 B.C. -
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6th King of Babylon, Code of Hammurabi (5)
1754 B.C. Code of Hammurabi. This was the law that stated an eye for an eye. Hammurabi was the king that wrote the law. -
Sep 9, 600
Iset (7)
1456 B.C. Iset was a queen of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, and she was named after goddess Isis. She was a secondary wife or concubine of Thutmose II. -
Sep 9, 700
Trojan war (9)
1184 B.C.-1194 B.C. Between the Greeks and the city of Troy. The Greeks won the war after 10 years. -
Sep 10, 1000
Mayan Beauty (19)
The first city was 750 B.C. The Maya were a smaller race of people with dark skin, dark eyes and straight black hair, but to them what was considered physically beautiful was not the way they were born, but a long sloping forehead and slightly crossed-eyes. -
Sep 9, 1100
Birthplace of Democracy (10)
508 B.C.Athens was the birthplace of democracy. -
Sep 10, 1200
Alexander the Great (16)
He was born in July, 356 B.C. -
Sep 10, 1300
E Tu Brute? ( and you, Brutus? ) (13)
March 15, 44 B.C. The last words of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar to his friend Marcus Brutus at the moment of his assassination. According to Eutropius, around 60 or more men participated in the assassination. He was stabbed 23 times. -
Sep 10, 1400
Vandals (14)
June 2, 455 A.D. The Vandals attacked Rome because they were going after their king, Genseric. -
Sep 10, 1500
Urban II (15)
On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!” -
Samurai (2)
In 1185, Japan began to be governed by warriors or samurai, up until 1868. -
Gothic Architecture (17)
Originating in the 12th century. Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. -
Blood Thirsty Americans (18)
The Aztec civilization which flourished in Mesoamerica between 1345 and 1521 CE has gained an infamous reputation for bloodthirsty human sacrifice with lurid tales of the beating heart being ripped from the still-conscious victim, decapitation, skinning and dismemberment. -
William Garrow (20)
Born on April 13, 1760. He created the saying "innocent until proven guilty." -
King Tut (6)
The 1922 discovery by Howard Carter and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon of Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb received worldwide press coverage. It was preserved for 3000 years. -
Olympics (11)
776 B.C. The Greeks invented the Olympics originaly in Olympia, Greece. -
Romulus and Remus (12)
The brothers were twins. Remus' death and founding of Rome are dated April 21st, 753 BCE. According to the legend, Romulus "mysteriously" disappeared in a storm or whirlwind, during or shortly after offering public sacrifice at or near the Quirinal Hill.
