Pre-1200
Monks used this form of light to see while hand-copying books.
What is a candlelight?
This fast-ripening, drought -resistant rice allowed China's population to boom.
What is Champa Rice?
The common phrase used when talking about the first interaction between the Western hemisphere and the Eastern.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The Cold War officially came to a close during the collapse of this massive transcontinental communist state.
What is the Soviet Union?
This type of government was most popular during this time.
What is feudalism?
This person was responsible for around 40 millions deaths.
Who was Genghis Khan?
The country that colonized Brazil.
What is Portugal?
The jewish man who was very influential in creating the atomic bomb and refused to wear socks.
Who is Albert Einstein?
The Gregorian Calendar, marking the year 1 AD, is based on this event.
What is the birth of Jesus Christ?
Commissioned in the 1340s, this ornate, fortress-like royal palace in Granada, Spain, represents the pinnacle of Islamic architecture in Europe.
What is the Alhambra?
Inspired by the Arab dhow, a compact ship of Portuguese origin that featured triangular sails and a sternpost rudder.
what is a caravel?
The 19th amendment allowed this demographic of people to vote in the United States.
Who are women?
This ingredient was more expensive in weight than gold.
What is pepper?
This runner covered up to 250 kilometers a day carrying messages across the Inca Empire's massive road network.
What is a Chasquis(or Chaskis)?
In the century after 1492, this percentage of Native Americans died to disease.
What is 90-95%?
This spacecraft successfully landed on the moon allowing the first Americans to walk on the moon.
What is Apollo 11?
This special servant would attend his Majesty on the toilet, helping him with his personal duties.
What is a 'Groom of the Stool'?
This commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe from the 13th to 15th centuries.
What is the Hanseatic League?
Specialized resource extraction process that relied on African slave labor after indigenous populations were decimated by disease.
What is sugar cultivation?
This event ended a riot and a forfeit when the Cleveland Indians hosted the Texas Rangers.
What is the 10 Cent Beer Night?