Medieval Upheaval
Rise of Monotheism
Inventors and Mentors
Russian History
Romans
100
Battle of Hastings
What battle put William the Conqueror in charge of England?
100
Abu Bakr
Who was the first caliph of Islam?
100
Thomas Edison
Who invented the lightbulb?
100
Peter the Great
What tsar's mother was Alexis of Russia?
200
Reconquista
What Reconquest was launched to recover Muslim Spain?
200
Ivan III, the Great
What tsar adopted Byzantine court ritual?
200
Meditations
What book was written by Marcus Aurelius?
300
Marco Polo
What explorer assisted Kublai Khan at his palace?
300
Salah al-Din
What Muslim crusader-fighter's name was corrupted into 'Saladin'?
300
Cyril
What Greek missionary invented Cyrillic?
300
Byzantium
What city became Constantinople in Roman days?
400
Peter
What apostle was crucified upside down?
400
Eli Whitney
What inventor created the cotton gin?
400
veto
What Latin word means to 'block a law'?
400
Maximian
What emperor took the west side for Diocletian?
500
Black Death
What event destroyed 1/3 of the European population?
500
Hagia Sophia
What church was built by Justinian (now a mosque)?
500
Aristotle
What philosopher-astronomer invented the geocentric theory?
500
Stalin
What leader brought Russia (now the Soviet Union) through World War II?
500
Aesop
What freed slave wrote many fables like 'A City and A Country Mouse'?
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