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This president was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This was the first emperor to rule the Roman Empire.
Who was Augustus (Octavian) Caesar?
This warlord unified the Mongol tribes for the first time.
Who was Genghis Khan?
This ancient civilization developed around the Nile River.
What is Egypt?
This is the sacred city and birthplace of Prophet Muhammad, a place where Muslims pilgrimage to at least once in their lives.
What is Mecca?
J. Robert Oppenheimer spearheaded this project to create the first nuclear bomb.
What was the Manhattan Project?
Italy was led by this fascist dictator during World War II.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
This spiritual leader, originally named Siddharta Gautama, founded a major religion after achieving enlightment under a pipal tree.
Who was the Buddha?
This king of the Mali Empire, known as the richest man in history, destabilized African economies by donating huge amounts gold during his pilgrimmage to Mecca.
Who was Mansa Musa?
This is the Greek god of the skies and lightning, holding the throne as king of Olympus.
Who is Zeus?
This tribe was forced to relocate in an event known as the Trail of Tears.
What was the Cherokee Nation?
This radical political leader returned from exile to lead the Bolsheviks to power during the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
The Art of War was written by this Chinese philosopher and military strategist.
Who was Sun Tzu?
This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with elephants during the Second Punic War.
Who is Hannibal Barca?
The first five books in the Old Testament are from this book, the holy text of Judaism.
What is the Torah?
This was the last battle of the Revolutionary War.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
William the Conquerer famously shot this English king in the eye during the Battle of Hastings (1066), killing him.
Who was Harold Godwinson?
Japan, under the Tokugawa Shogunate, strictly isolated itself from western influence during this time period (1603-1868).
What is the Edo Period?
This Belgian king controlled the Congo, using extreme brutality to harvest rubber and other natural resources.
Who was King Leopold II?
This Hindu scripture narrates Krishna's conversation with Arjuna during the Kurukshetra War.
What is the Bhagavad Gita?
"Boss" Tweed led this New York City political machine in the Gilded Age.
What was Tammany Hall?
This powerful banking family dynamically controlled the wealth, politics, and artistic patronage of Renaissance Florence for generations.
Who was the Medici family?
This Mauryan emperor conquered most of India but may have converted to Buddhism after a brutal war against Kalinga.
Who was Ashoka the Great?
This powerful East African kingdom, located in modern-day Ethiopia, converted to Christianity under King Ezana in the 4th century CE.
What was Aksum?
This Norse serpent is prophecised to trigger Ragnarok by releasing his tail from his mouth, flooding the earth.
Who is Jörmungandr?