In Olden Times
Before 100 A.D.: manuscripts are stored in caves, to later be called these scrolls named for a body of water
Dead Sea Scrolls
A set of words complete in itself, or a criminal's punishment
sentence
This language has 2 main written forms: modern standard & classical, the language of the Koran
Arabic
A precious stone, the birthstone of July
Ruby
The river locally called Song Sai Gon runs mainly through the south of this country
Vietnam
Around 840: Norse invaders establish this city they call Dyfflin on the banks of the River Liffey
Dublin
To shape into a form, or a fungus that grows on food
Mold
This language is spoken by about 11 million in Europe & about 200 million in South America
Portuguese
This red shade precedes "letter" & "fever"
Scarlet
The "thumb" of Michigan's "mitten" juts north into this Great Lake
Lake Huron
5th century B.C.: Athenians carry out an ambitious building program on this hill with a name meaning "upper city"
Acropolis
Sensible & not easily upset, or a house for thoroughbreds
Stable
Standard Chinese is based primarily on this form of Chinese spoken by the educated in Beijing
Mandarin
It's what gives "The Red Badge of Courage" its redness
Blood
The Yucatan Channel connects the Gulf of Mexico & this sea
Caribbean Sea
Around 313: this Roman emperor starts championing Christianity
Constantine
A machine for moving heavy objects, or a long-necked, long-legged avian
Crane
Almost extinct, the Coeur d'Alene language is spoken by a few Native Americans on a reservation in this U.S. state
Idaho
An intense, bright red named for an emergency vehicle
Fire engine or Fire truck red
This river rises in the Alps & flows through France to the Mediterranean, the most important river to do so
the Rhone
This year: Harold II becomes king of England for 9 months before getting conquered by another guy
1066
To hit with a fist or bat, or a terrestrial gastropod
Slug
Before 2009 Greenland had 2 official languages: Greenlandic & this
Danish
A Brunswick bowling ball & a Stratocaster guitar have both come in this red, named for a sugar-coated fruit
In 1992 North Korea & South Korea proposed that this sea off their east coasts be called the East Sea
Sea of Japan