History
The first person to land on the moon.
Neil Armstrong.
Author of "Crime and Punishment"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Longest river on earth.
The Nile River
Ancient Greek philosopher who was executed for his ideas in 399 B.C
Socrates
Country of origin of the author, Honore de Balzac.
France.
Artist, who created the The Last Supper (1498)
Leonardo da Vinci
Considered the "father of the modern English language"
William Shakespeare
Smallest internationally-recognised nation-state
Vatican City.
The view that historical progress is primarily driven by class struggle.
Historical materialism.
Longest reigning European monarch.
Louis XIV
An author who, among other novels, wrote the novel "Sense and Sensibility" (1811)
Jane Austen
The oldest, continously existing state in Europe.
San Marino
The view, that humans can arrive at knowledge through inductive, rather then deductive reasoning.
Rationalism.
Thinker, who's ideas influenced the Chinese education and political system.
Confucius.
Tallest man-made structure on earth before 1889.
Washington Monument/Obelisk
Typically considered the first book written in novel-form.
Capital of Tajikistan.
Dushnabe.
Philosopher, typically considered the founder of contemporary existentialism.
Soren Kirkegaard.
Magellan Expedition.
Shortest war in human history.
Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896)
Current holder of the Guiness World Record for most books published.
L. Ron Hubbard
Name of the largest exclave in the world.
The approach which seeks to objectively understand the nature of subjective experiences.
Phenomenology.
First book to be sent to space.
Father of the Space Age by Robert Hutching Goddard