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The Post Quiz: Times A-Changing

Things change, some more than others. Match these changes to when they occurred. BCE dates are marked: others are CE.

  1. British currency becomes decimal.
  2. The US adopts time zones.
  3. French citizens storm the Bastille.
  4. Rome is sacked by Visigoths.
  5. Constantinople is looted by Crusaders.
  6. Damascus is built.
  7. Chinese Empire is founded by Qin Shi Huang.
  8. Egypt occupies Nubia.
  9. Maori arrive in New Zealand.
  10. Iceland adopts Christianity.
  • 1000
  • 221 BCE
  • 1250
  • 1883
  • 1450 BCE
  • 410
  • 1789
  • 8,000-10,000 BCE
  • 1204
  • 1971

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