Revision Guideline 1 Chronology and Timeline

1) Look up the definition of Chronology in a dictionary and copy it down here:

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2) What is a timeline?
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3) How do you think building a timeline would help in a chronological study?

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4) (a) What does BC mean when used on a timeline?

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(b) What does AD mean when used on a timeline?

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5) (a) Copy each of the following events in chronological order on the timeline below (not to scale):
476 AD - End of Western Roman Empire
2560 BC - Building of the Great Pyramids of Giza
1969 AD - Man lands on the Moon
1066 AD - Battle of Hastings
509 BC - Founding of the Roman Republic
44 BC - Caesar assassinated
1348 AD - Black Death in England
508 BC - Establishment of the Democracy in Athens
1500 AD - Pedro lvares Cabral arrives in Brazil

(b) Mark and label on the timeline where, approximately, year 0 AD would be.

(c) Why is the year 0 AD a mark of a new era? _____________________________________

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