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This year is the 250th anniversary of this rebellious war.
What is the American Revolutionary War?
This was the first industrialized country in the world.
What is the United Kingdom?
The 1948 airlift to this capital city was designed to thwart a Soviet blockade
What is Berlin?
This ancient civilization was responsible for the creation of the Rosetta Stone
What is Ancient Egypt?
Despite its name, this war from 1337-1453 lasted 116 years
What was the Hundred years war
In 1823, the U.S. finally paid off its 20-year loan for the money to buy this at less than 5 cents per acre.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea as Empress of Russia
Who is Catherine the Great?
In 1910 Korea was annexed by this country that held it for the next 35 years
What is Japan?
Known as "The scourge of God", this Hun got an annual tribute of 2,100 pounds of gold from the Romans.
Who is Attila?
September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
Often grown together, These crops of pre-Columbian Native American farming were known as "The 3 Sisters".
What is beans, corn, and squash?
Heads up! Or off! The Reign of Terror ended in July 1794 with this man's execution
Who is Robespierre?
In 1672, Spain began building a large masonry fort on the shore of this city in Florida
What is St. Augustine?
Often associated with the sun god Khepri and symbolized the cycle of life, death, and resurrection, this critter is often seen in Egyptian art and artifacts
What is the Scarab Beetle?
1347 to 1351
What is the Black Death?
The man who vowed to wage a Holy war against slavery in Kansas and Harper's Farry
Who is John Brown?
Exactly 600 years after the Norman Conquest, London suffered through plague and this other major disaster
What is the Great Fire of London?
These modern-day countries make up the land once known as the Babylonian Empire
What is Iraq and Iran
The last emperor of Rome when it fell in 476 AD
Who was Romulus Augustulus?
June 15, 1215
What is the Magna Carta?
It was officially declared the capital of a kingdom for 109 years before it became a state capital.
What is Honolulu?
This radical Communist movement violently came to power and ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979
What is the Khmer Rouge?
The Contras were a U.S.-backed force battling the government of this country
What is Nicaragua?
X marks the spot! Known for a massive invasion of Greece, this ruler succeeded his father Darius I as king of Persia in the fifth century BC
Who is Xerxes?
27 August 1896 09:00–09:38
What is the Anglo-Zanzibar War or the shortest war in history?