State and Country Capitals
China
What is Beijing?
This guy finally defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo.
Who is the Duke of Wellington? (or Arthur Wellesley)
After this guy was baptized in the river Jordan by his cousin (aptly named John the Baptist), the Holy Spirit descended onto him in the form of a dove.
Who is Jesus Christ?
This man declared that "God is dead"
Who is Nietzche?
Egypt
What is Cairo?
This 1066 battle started the Norman invasion of England (and the destruction of the English language 😞)
What is the Battle of Hastings?
This man saw four things when he left the palace for the first time: an old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a happy monk.
Who is the Buddha? (or Siddhartha Gautama)
This ancient Greek school of philosophy emphasized lack of emotion.
What is Stoicism?
Alabama
What is Birmingham?
The namesake city of this battle fell to the Ottomans, who changed its name to Istanbul.
This guy heard the angel Jibril (or Gabriel) talking to him in the cave of Hira, who then revealed the Qur'an to him.
Who is Muhammad?
John Locke was a major figure for this philosophy that believes that all knowledge comes from experience.
What is Empiricism?
Sweden
What is Stockholm?
This British victory of the Revolutionary War resulted in the capture of the Charleston Peninsula, but still proved that American colonists could defend themselves.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This guy had a dream telling him to go to Canaan, which led to the formation of 3 major world religions.
Who is Abraham?
This school of thought believes that the best actions are the ones that produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
What is Utilitarianism?
Washington
What is Olympia?
Who is Hannibal?
When this guy was 14, Jesus and God told him that all of the current churches were wrong, and that he was the chosen one to restore them.
Who is Joseph Smith?
What is Absurdism?