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Name Meanings
100
first Roman emperor
Who is Augustus?
100
forced to sign a document restricting his own power
Who is John?
100
= Celtic + Roman + Anglo-Saxon + Normal (culture)
What is English?
100
England vs. France for control of France
What is the Hundred Years War?
100
French for "Charles the Great"
What is "Charlemagne"?
200
sponsored a minor renaissance; called "Emperor of the Romans" for no very good reason
Who is Charlemagne?
200
buried with a terracotta army; his country is named for him
Who is Qin Shi Huangdi?
200
= Arabic + Hindi + Persian (language)
What is Urdu?
200
Yorks vs. Lancasters over the throne of England
What are the Wars of the Roses?
200
Mongol for "universal ruler"
What is "Genghis Khan"?
300
broke the siege of Orleans
Who is Joan of Arc?
300
overtaxed his country to build his late wife a world-famous mausoleum
Who is Shah Jahan?
300
= German + French (language)
What is English?
300
Charles Martel stopped Muslim expansion
What is the Battle of Tours?
300
Latin for "red beard"
What is "Barbarossa"?
400
moved his empire's capital and legalized Christianity
Who is Constantine?
400
overthrew and imprisoned his own father; imposed shari'a law on non-Muslims
Who is Aurangzeb?
400
= Greek + Egyptian + Persian (culture)
What is Hellenistic?
400
allied Greeks vs. the armies of Darius and later Xerxes
What are the Persian Wars?
400
Arabic for "the greatest"
What is "Akbar"?
500
Persian king who freed the enslaved Hebrews he met in Babylon
Who is Cyrus?
500
brutal and intolerant Persian ruler
Who is Cambyses?
500
= Turks + Mongols (culture)
Who are the Mughals?
500
Athens vs. Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War?
500
Greek for "investigation"
What is "history"?