lovely kind men of history
Indian man who started out as a lawyer but then gave up all his money, homespun all of the cloth he wore, walked everywhere, (sometimes barefoot), and believed in both the New Testament and the Bhagavad Gita
Mohandas K Gandhi :')
Name three religions that "began"/have roots in India
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism
Put these Chinese Dynasties in the correct order of when they were in power:
Zhou, Tang, Song, Qin, Han
Song, Tang, Zhou, Han, Qin
Who were the iconic duo of the Women's Right's Movement in the US in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
List the 5 romance languages
Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Once upon a time there was this guy named Vasily Arkhipov (1926-1998)...what is he known for? (hint, he is Russian)
a Soviet Naval officer who is known for preventing a Soviet nuclear torpedo launch during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Which three ideologies/philosophies/religions emerged during the Warring States period in China?
Legalism, Confucianism, and Daoism
What Chinese literature was the movie Mulan based off of?
An ancient Chinese poem called the Ballad of Mulan, which is set in the Northern Wei Dynasty, between 386 to 534 AD.
Which Victorian era woman was considered to be the world's first computer programmer?
Ada Lovelace
What the the Old English word Flibbertigibbet mean?
Someone who is especially talkative and silly
Sultan of Egypt who was known for his generosity, even towards the people he was conquering (gave away a ton of money to prisoners that he just let out of the city, made sure all the women who were being led out of town were escorted safely, literally his advisors had to hide his extra money or else he would just give it to people)
Saladin 1137-1193 :)
Shinto
Name 3 Korean Dynasties
Which Byzantine Empress was one of the earliest rulers to recognize the rights of women, including passing laws to protect young girls being trafficked?
Theodora, wife of Justinian, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
"Her superior intelligence and deft handling of political affairs caused many to think that it was she, rather than Justinian, who ruled Byzantium"
Which language/people influenced the Spanish language and culture in the Iberian peninsula?
esp words like alfombro, aceite, arroz, azucar
The Arabs/Arabic
Author of the Abolitionist newspaper in the US in the mid 1800s
William Lloyd Garrison :) <3
What are the two major versions/types of Buddhism?
Theravada and Mahayana
Who occupied Korea from 1910-1945?
Japan
Mongolian princess who said she would only marry a man who could beat her in a wrestling match...no one ever beat her
Khutulun Khan
The Japanese written language came from three sources: Chinese characters, Buddhist monks, and who?
Women! They used the Hiragana as a shorter, cursive form of kanji,
Who was Emperor Ashoka and why did I put him in this category?
Change of heart man :)
Had a life altering moment in 261 BCE in the Battle of Kalinga where he "woke up" to the horrors of bloodshed and war and completely renounced all violence and converted to Buddhism.
Religion that has historically participated in alchemy, medicine, and the search for immortality through nature
Daoism/Taoism
True or False: The world's first novel was written in Japan by a man in the 11th century
False, it was a woman! Her pen name was Murasaki Shikibu, and she was a highly educated court woman. She finished the book in the year 1010.
Concubine who rose through the ranks to become Empress of China, exiling, executing, and threatening anyone in her way, took the throne from Emperor and was sole ruler of Tang/Zhou Dynasty (transition period) for 15 years.
Empress Wuhou 624-705
King of Joseon Dynasty of Korea who created the Korean written language (Hangul) so that people didn't have to cry over trying to learn Chinese characters and so that more of the lower class people could learn how to read
King Sejong, 1397-1450