Africa
This Mali ruler took a famous pilgrimage in 1324 and has been described as “inconceivably rich.”
Who was Mansa Musa?
This is the earliest written language in Mesopotamia.
What is Sumerian?
US Route 11 was once known as this.
What is the Valley Pike (or the Great Wagon Road)?
From 1762 to 1796, this German-born empress of Russia led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of Europe.
Who is Catherine the Great?
The assassination of this major figure set off the events of the deadliest conflict in history.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This modern country was once controlled by a military caste known as the Mamluks.
What is Egypt?
This type of story was most commonly depicted on Ancient Greek pottery.
What is mythological?
Union soldiers taken prisoner in the 1862 Battle of Cross Keys were held in this location in Downtown Harrisonburg.
What is the courthouse?
This woman published a three-volume history of the American Revolution.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
The death of this Yugoslavia leader eventually led to the breakup of the republic.
Who is Josip Broz Tito?
The meeting in 1884, where Germany, along with several other European countries, established international guidelines for acquiring land in Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This Mesopotamian copper merchant went viral online due to a tablet complaining about the quality of his product.
Who is Ea-nāșir?
In the mid-18th century, the arrival of this group of settlers gave rise to Harrisonburg’s sizable Mennonite population.
Who are the Pennsylvania Dutch settlers?
Known sometimes as the “Saint of Christopher Street,” this woman is one of the most famous LGBTQ+ and transgender rights advocates, who participated in the Stonewall Riots.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
Fun fact: She was Madison Historian's 2025 Woman of the Year.
The period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia was crushed by Soviet invasion in 1968, and demonstrated Soviet commitment to maintaining control over Eastern Europe.
What is Prague Spring?
As a result of the Bantu migrations, this native tribe has become the largest ethnic group and nation of South Africa.
Who are the Zulu?
In Japan, these gods are said to be the creators of Shinto deities in ancient Japan.
Who are Izanami and Izanagi?
This woman was a former slave who provided education to black children in Harrisonburg.
Who is Lucy Simms?
This woman was the first female Prime Minister of India.
Who is Indira Gandhi?
Benito Mussolini was part of how many political parties?
What is five?
This bone artifact from the Democratic Republic of Congo may have been an early mathematical tool.
What is the Ishango Bone?
This was the name of the horse that Roman Emperor Caligula threatened to make a consul.
What is Incitatus?
In what year did the first English exploration venture to the area that makes up Harrisonburg?
What is 1716?
Having lived in Alexandria, this Neoplatonist philosopher is known for being the greatest mathematician and astronomer of her time.
Who is Hypatia?
This 1919 Montenegro uprising was led by the Greens.
What is the Christmas Uprising?