Dossier №225

1,953 AD

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay complete the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest.

This question uses 1953 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

The climbers reached the summit during a British expedition and returned safely with proof of the achievement.

1,948 AD

The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The declaration set a shared standard without becoming a treaty itself.

Drafted by an international committee and adopted in Paris, the declaration articulated civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. It influenced later constitutions and international human-rights agreements.

1,896 AD

Athens hosts the first international Olympic Games of the modern era.

An ancient name was recast for a new international sporting movement.

Athletes from fourteen countries competed in events centered at the Panathenaic Stadium. The program and participation were far smaller than today, but the games established the modern Olympic cycle.

338 BC

Philip II of Macedon defeats an alliance led by Athens and Thebes at Chaeronea.

This question uses 338 BC as its sourced chronological anchor.

The decisive victory made Macedon the dominant power in Greece and prepared the political setting inherited by Alexander the Great.

1,000 AD

Settlement begins around the site that develops into Great Zimbabwe.

This question uses 1000 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.

Major stone construction followed in the eleventh century, and the city became the center of a Shona-speaking state tied to cattle, gold, and Indian Ocean exchange.