Q112Multiple choice
Social Studies Application: Remembering that 1AD came immediately after 1BC, while solving these problems take 1BC as –1 and 1AD as +1.
- (a)The Greeco-Roman era, when Greece and Rome ruled Egypt started in the year 330 BC and ended in the year 395 AD. How long did this era last?
- (b)Bhaskaracharya was born in the year 1114 AD and died in the year 1185 AD. What was his age when he died?
- (c)Turks ruled Egypt in the year 1517 AD and Queen Nefertis ruled Egypt about 2900 years before the Turks ruled. In what year did she rule?
- (d)Greek mathematician Archimedes lived between 287 BC and 212 BC and Aristotle lived between 380 BC and 322 BC. Who lived during an earlier period?