Tuesday Quiz

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Nicholas Gruen
Posted in History

What happened today in 2136 BC?

No doubt Google will come to the rescue of those who don't know (mutters beneath his breath that the world is not what it used to be)

8 Comments

  1. s
    October 24, 2007

    um, that would be 2136 BCE

  2. Tony T.
    October 24, 2007

    Kevin Rudd first said "a cunning politician".

  3. wilful
    October 24, 2007

    So are you going to tell us, or what?

  4. Nicholas Gruen
    October 24, 2007

    The first recorded total eclipse - in China

  5. wilful
    October 24, 2007

    Well did you know it was also the Earth's 1838th birthday that day?

    http://www.metafilter.com/65799/No-dearth-of-mirth-today

    And today is the 6010th birthday? Certainly no BCE for that calculation.

  6. s
    October 24, 2007

    6010 was yesterday, that lunatic Ussher calculated the day was 23rd October 4004 BC (certainly not BCE). As a geologist I feel dirty just having written that date...

  7. Nabakov
    October 24, 2007

    But did Ussher make allowances for the shift from the Gregorian to Julian calendar? I think we should be told.

  8. Sir Henry
    October 24, 2007

    The Ionians arrived in Anatolia settling into the region of Troy. Which explains why the Turks are now hopping into their tanks I suppose.