This city was attacked by the Hebrews in their return to Palestine, who were known for their massive army size. The walls collapsed.
What is Jericho?
100
This man was perhaps the best general of the ancient world. He conquered Greece, Persia, Egypt, and India using revolutionary battle tactics that are still used today. His best known force was the Companion Cavalry.
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
This conflict actually lasted for 116 years. The English and the French were the main combatants. Famous battles at Crecy and Agincourt. Leaders included St. Joan of Arc for the French and Edward III for the English.
What is the Hundreds Years War?
100
This war gave the American colonies independence from Great Britain, with considerable aid from the French. It inspired revolution and revolt throughout the world, notably France.
What is American Revolution?
100
This war established Japan as an imperial power in the Pacific after massive victory at Tsushima.
What is the Russo-Japanese War?
200
These two groups are sects of one of the world's three major monotheistic religions. The split was begun by a dispute in the line of succession to Muhammad. One sect uses a matrilineal line of succession, the other patriarchal.
What are Sunni and Shia?
200
This man began a civil war after the end of the First Triumvirate by crossing the Rubicon. He defeated all opposing armies even though massively outnumbered, and was then murdered in the Senate.
Who is Julius Caesar?
200
This man was perhaps the most brilliant military mind of the 19th century. He took over France as emperor in 1799, and instituted massive reforms. Won an amazing victory at Austerlitz and nearly overran all of Europe.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
200
While not technically a war, this was the closest the world has ever come to a nuclear holocaust. After spotting ballistic missiles, JFK ordered an all out naval blockade. Led to DC to Moscow hotline and removal of US missiles from Turkey.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
This people were the threat to China in the north, resulting in the Great Wall of China. Founded the Yuan Dynasty. Nearly overran the world under Genghis Khan.
Who are the Mongols?
300
This people overran Egypt, beginning the Second Intermediate Period. Their main weapons were chariots and compound bows. Also known as the Hyksos.
What are the Hittites?
300
This conflict was launched by Pope Urban II in 1099 in an effort to take back the Holy Land from Muslim expansion. The city of Jerusalem was recaptured, but could not be held indefinitely.
What is the First Crusade?
300
This was the first war in which the side of combatants wasn't determined by religion. Prussia under Frederick the Great and France vs. Austria.
What is the War of Austrian Succession?
300
This war is considered the beginning of US imperialism, both in the Pacific and the Caribbean.
What is the Spanish-American War?
300
The founder of the CCP, he fought against and with the Kuomintang, eventually gaining control of all of China. Instituted great leap forward.
Who is Mao Zedong?
400
This son of Darius I unsuccessfully tried to conquer Greece, losing the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis. He punished the Hellespont by whipping and chaining it.
Who is Xerxes?
400
This war was caused by competing alliances and a struggle for power among the Greek city-states, and led to the decline of both Sparta and Athens.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
400
This movement had no clear leader, and after the king was overthrown, several successive failed governments came to power. Much anarchy resulted.
What is the French Revolution?
400
This man was the leader of many independence movements in South America in the revolutions against Spain
Who is Simon Bolivar?
400
This man was the leader of the Bolsheviks, and was recognized as the leader of Russia when Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Organized the Soviets into a united group. Warned against allowing his eventual succesor to come to power.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
500
This was a preemptive strike by Israel against Egypt. The Egyptian Air Force was destroyed, and Israel took Sinai, the Golan Heights, and West Bank.
What is the Six Day War?
500
This man turned back the Muslim invasion of Europe. He was the beginning of the Carolingian line.
Who is "The Hammer" Charles Martel?
500
This war began in 1756 when Prussia invaded Austria. It was fought in Europe, India and North America in the continental style.
What is the Seven Years War?
500
This man was a Communists guerrilla leader in South America, Cuba and Africa, where he was killed.
Who is Che Guevara?
500
This man was the grandson of the first emperor of India. He supposedly killed a lion with a stick at the age of 7. After a two year war with his half brothers for the throne, in which both of his half-brothers and over 100,000 were killed, he became a Buddhist. Had a protected species list and free medical care for people and animals.