Rise of Islam
Originally the Ottoman Turks came from this area of the world, fleeing the invading Mongolian Horde.
What is Central Asia?
It was not based on religion that the peoples of the Iberian peninsula rebelled against the Muslim Moors and their rule, but rather this.
What is Race (Ethnicity)?
Even though Columbus left the New World with nearly 25 of these people aboard, only 8 arrived back in Spain to be given as gifts to Queen Isabella?
Who are the Taino people?
While Coca-Cola outsells its closest rival when it comes to bottled Cola, this famous rival recently became a larger company than the Coca-Cola Company.
What is PepsiCo?
Mehmed II conqueror this capital city of the Byzantines and made it the capital of the Ottoman Empire, though he is not directly responsible for its being renamed to Istanbul.
What is Constantinople?
The last Islamic kingdom fell to the Kingdom of Spain in 1492, leading Isabella and Ferdinand to declare themselves the defenders of Europe.
What was the Emirate of Granada?
Wheedling his way into the Royal Court of Spain was easier than most expected, as Columbus tactically became this man's drinking buddy.
Who is Queen Isabella's Confessor?
A popular rhyme among sailors was "Red skies at night, sailors delight, but Red skies at morning..."
What is "Sailors take warning"?
This group of religious people rose alongside the Arabs and Moors in Islamic society, and generally faired better there than in Christian Europe.
Who are the Jews?
Determined to unify the peoples of the Iberian peninsula into this kind of culture, Isabella and Ferdinand sought to have the common language become Spanish, enforce Catholic teachings, and called for an Inquisition against heretics and enemies of the State.
What is Monolithic?
Believing he had a genius plan to reach Asia via the Atlantic Ocean, Christopher Columbus first approached this man, his own King in Europe, and was turned down.
Who is the King of Italy?
This former CEO of Death Row records has a terrible reputation for things he's willing to do for money, from threatening to throw Vanilla Ice off a balcony to using a dirty needle to purposefully infect rapper Eazy-E with AIDS.
Who is Suge Knight?
This peninsula is considered the High-Watermark of Islam, as Muslims were not able to conquer further north into Europe due to the desperate military tactics of the Franks.
What is the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)?
When the Jews of Spain were cast out under the Decreto de la Alhambra, most of them fled to Africa and surprisingly to this European power.
What is Poland?
Columbus's belief that Earth was shaped like a Pear was due to the inability to accurately calculate the circumference of the planet, which was actually due to the Earth spinning, also known as this kind of Force.
What is Centrifugal Force?
Paul Heyman was this man's manager in the WWE and saw him defeat the Undertaker and end Taker's more than 20 year Streak at Wrestlemania in 2014.
Who is Brock Lesnar?
Due to gathering, studying, and translating much of the Ancient Greek, Roman, Indian, and Chinese philosophers, the Muslim lands were far ahead of the rest of the world, and it was through these wars with Muslims and necessary trade that Europe advanced.
What are the Crusades?
These two Kingdoms were bound together, becoming the largest Kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, until its Queen married the King of Aragon.
What is Castile and Leon?
Columbus made himself the Royal Governor of San Salvador, or this modern Caribbean island territory of the United States, and oddly prided himself on his generosity to the natives there, even though he was not generous to them.
What is Puerto Rico?
One might be surprised when they find that ducks evolved almost 33 million years ago, because this species which is compared to ducks evolved 66 million years ago.
What are platypuses?