Turning points in history
From antiquity to today
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What is in this deck
With this deck you learn 52 turning points of world history with their year, asked from event to year and back.
From the pyramids to the Arab Spring: 52 events that changed the course of things, with their year.
Asked both ways, from the event to the year and from the year to the event. Every question is written out in full and names a place or a person, so that exactly one answer fits.
Each event carries a note: the background, the consequence, a figure, or the confusion that really does come up.
The categories decide what comes up: start with “20th century” alone and add the rest when you are ready.
What you learn
- 52 turning points from 2560 BC to 2010
- Years in both directions
- Antiquity, Middle Ages, modern era, today
The categories
5 categories sort the 104 cards. You can filter by category and take on what is due right now.
- 20th century
- Antiquity
- Early modern era
- Middle Ages
- Recent history
What you get
Here are three of the 104 cards that are in this deck.
Question
In which year was the Great Pyramid of Giza completed, by today's estimate?
Answer
2560 BC
Note
About 2.3 million blocks of stone, originally 146.6 metres tall. No building on earth stood higher until the spire of Lincoln Cathedral around 1311.
Question
What happened at Giza in 2560 BC?
Answer
Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Note
About 2.3 million blocks of stone, originally 146.6 metres tall. No building on earth stood higher until the spire of Lincoln Cathedral around 1311.
Question
When did the Greek fleet defeat the Persian fleet in the strait off Salamis?
Answer
480 BC
Note
Themistocles lured the larger Persian fleet into the narrows between Attica and the island. Herodotus counts 1207 Persian ships; modern estimates roughly half that.
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How many cards are in Turning points in history?
104 cards, sorted into 5 categories.
Do I need a connection to study?
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On iPhone and iPad from iOS 26, and on Apple Watch. One purchase covers the family through Family Sharing.
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