Timeline 2

Question 1

Which civilization existed first: Mesopotamia or Ancient Egypt?

Answer 1

Mesopotamia (Sumerians arose slightly earlier, c. 3500 BCE)

Question 2

Did the Indus Valley Civilization exist before or after the Old Kingdom of Egypt?

Answer 2

Around the same time, slightly overlapping (Indus: c. 2600–1900 BCE; Old Kingdom Egypt: c. 2686–2181 BCE)

Question 3

Which civilization came first: Maya or Aztec?

Answer 3

Maya (c. 250–900 CE; Aztec: c. 1300–1521 CE)

Question 4

Did the Vikings arrive in North America before or after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

Answer 4

After (Vikings: c. 800–1100 CE; Rome fell 476 CE)

Question 5

Which came first: Greece’s Classical period or the Inca Empire?

Answer 5

Greece (Classical Greece: c. 500–323 BCE; Inca: c. 1200–1533 CE)

Question 6

Which civilization existed at the same time as the New Kingdom of Egypt: Mesopotamia or Rome?

Answer 6

Mesopotamia (Assyrian and Babylonian kingdoms); Rome came later

Question 7

Did the Renaissance begin before or after the height of the Aztec Empire?

Answer 7

Around the same time (Renaissance: c. 1300–1600 CE; Aztec Empire: c. 1300–1521 CE)

Question 8

Which civilizations existed at the same time as Classical Rome?

Answer 8

Early Maya civilization (c. 250 CE onward), Han China (if including globally)

Question 9

Which civilization came after the Maya collapse but before European contact in the Americas?

Answer 9

Aztec and Inca Empires

Question 10

Did Mesopotamia exist before the Beringia migration into the Americas?

Answer 10

After humans crossed Beringia (Beringia migration: c. 20,000–13,000 BCE; Mesopotamia: c. 3500 BCE onward)

Question 11

Which came first: Ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom or Mesopotamia’s Sumerians?

Answer 11

Roughly the same time; Mesopotamia slightly earlier

Question 12

Which civilizations were contemporaneous with the Vikings?

Answer 12

Late Maya (Classic/Terminal), Inca (early), Medieval Europe

Question 13

Which civilization existed last: Maya, Aztec, or Inca?

Answer 13

Inca (conquered 1533 CE; Aztec fell 1521 CE; Maya Classic collapse c. 900 CE)

Question 14

Did the Indus Valley Civilization exist before or after the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia?

Answer 14

Roughly the same time (Indus: c. 2600–1900 BCE; Akkadian: c. 2334–2154 BCE)

Question 15

Which civilizations were flourishing at the time of the European Renaissance?

Answer 15

Aztec, Inca, Ming China, Europe (Renaissance itself)

Question 16

Did Rome exist at the same time as the Old Kingdom of Egypt?

Answer 16

No, Rome came much later (Rome: Republic 509 BCE onward; Old Kingdom Egypt: 2686–2181 BCE)

Question 17

Which civilization existed first in the Americas: Maya or Inca?

Answer 17

Maya

Question 18

Which came first: the fall of Rome or the beginning of the Viking Age?

Answer 18

Fall of Rome (476 CE), Viking Age: c. 800 CE

Question 19

Which civilization existed at roughly the same time as the Middle Ages in Europe?

Answer 19

Late Maya, early Inca, Vikings

Question 20

Which two American civilizations existed simultaneously in the 15th century CE?

Answer 20

Aztec and Inca Empires