Names:
Directions
1. Cut out the dates/events and place them on a timeline in the correct order
(earliest to most recent).
2. Once you have laid them all out correctly, use your glue stick to attach each slip
on the long paper.
3. Then answer the questions below.
Write your name on the board when done with all three tasks.
● How many years between Jesus’ and Mohammad's births?
● How many years between the first dictator and last emperor of Rome?
● How many years ago did the Olympics begin?
● What event happened 2117 years ago?
● What event happened 2817 years after the concept of pi was developed in India?
1 CE Common era begins - based off the first year of Jesus’ life.
1096 - 1291 CE
A series of religious wars, the Crusades, took
place during the Middle Ages.
33 CE Crucifixion of Jesus in the Roman colony in Jerusalem and the
origin of Christianity.
461- 446 BCE The Peloponnesian Wars begin between Sparta
and Athens.
476 CE The Last Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was
defeated.
About 750 CE Muslims begin using water power for making
paper, and constructing canals for transportation and irrigation.
776 BCE
The First Olympic Games are held in Greece.
Around 650 CE The game of chess becomes popular in
Muslim world.
45 BCE Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome.
570 CE Muhammad was born in Mecca and started Islam.
200-196 BCE The first Roman victory over Greece.
430 BCE Bubonic plague breaks out in Athens
About 900 CE By the 10th century, Baghdad had at least five
hospitals.
384 BCE Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, is born
Around 700 CE Beginning in the 8th century, Arabic became
the language of scholarship and science throughout Islamic lands.
1582 CE Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar
2017 best Humanities class ever began in Orange Hall.
100 BCE paper was invented in China.
1347 CE The Black Plague began in Europe.
800 BCE the concept of pi was developed in India.
300 CE Rice farming
began in Japan.
1597 CE William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was published.
KEY
800 BCE the concept of pi was developed in India.
776 BCE The First Olympic Games are held in Greece.
461- 446 BCE The Peloponnesian Wars begin between Sparta and Athens.
430 BCE Bubonic plague breaks out in Athens
384 BCE Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, is born
200-196 BCE The first Roman victory over Greece.
100 BCE paper was invented in China.
45 BCE Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome.
1 CE Common era begins - based off the first year of Jesus’ life.
33 CE Crucifixion of Jesus in the Roman colony in Jerusalem and the origin
of Christianity.
300 CE Rice farming began in Japan.
476 CE The Last Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was defeated.
570 CE Muhammad was born in Mecca and started Islam.
Around 650 CE The game of chess becomes popular in Muslim world.
Around 700 CE Beginning in the 8th century, Arabic became the language
of scholarship and science throughout Islamic lands.
About 750 CE Muslims begin using water power for making paper, and
constructing canals for transportation and irrigation.
About 900 CE By the 10th century, Baghdad had at least five hospitals.
1096 - 1291 CE A series of religious wars, the Crusades, took place during
the Middle Ages.
1347 CE The Black Plague began in Europe.
1582 CE Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar
1597 CE William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was published.
2017 best Humanities class ever started in Orange 7.
● How many years between Jesus’ and Mohammad's births?
570/569
● How many years between the first dictator and last emperor of Rome?
521
● How many years ago did the Olympics begin?
2793
● What event happened 2117 years ago?
Paper was invented
● What event happened 2817 years after the concept of pi was developed in India?
Best Humanities class ever.