Silk Road
Which animal was primarily used for transportation across the silk road?
What is the camel?
This emperor was seceded by Nero.
Who is Claudius?
This is how long the Hundred Years' War was.
What was 116 years?
What was the Desert Fox?
This is the location of Malta.
What is the central Mediterranean?
Which Chinese Dynasty started the silk road?
What is the Han Dynasty?
This city is thought to be burned by Nero, who blamed the Christians for its destruction.
What is Rome?
France had this many Kings during the Hundred Years' War.
What is 5?
This was Hitler's strategy to prevent the surrender of the 6th army at Stalingrad.
What was promoting Friedrich Paulus to Field Marshall?
This war, made famous by Hanibal, allowed Rome to capture Malta in 218 BC.
What was the Second Punic War?
Which deadly disease spread from Asia to Europe via the Silk Road?
What is the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)?
This was considered the primary reason for the rebellion against Nero.
What is heavy taxation?
This French city was captured by the English just one day after invading in 1346. A feat that would take a different English army 2 months in 1944.
What is Caen?
This territory was invaded by the Japanese largely for oil. (see the Americans aren't the only ones)
What was the Dutch East Indes?
This political party reactivated Malta's EU application leading to its acceptance in 2004.
What is the Nationalist Party?
Which 2 religions were primarily spread across the silk road?
What are Buddhism and Islam?
Nero fought with and then in 63 AD made peace with this empire
What is the Parthian empire?
The Duke of this independent duchy was the English's major ally in the mainland of Europe.
Who is the Duke of Brittany?
This Battle was the first US naval victory and took place before Midway.
What was the Battle of Port Moresby?
This Emperor ended the 275-year rule of the Knights of Saint John over the Island of Malta.
Who is Napoleon?
This empire cut trade routes and significantly lead to the decline of the silk road.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Nero's first wife, whom he divorced and later executed in 62 CE, was the daughter of Emperor Claudius and his stepdaughter.
Who is Claudia Octavia?
This ultimately ended the Hundred Years' War and made sure the English couldn't continue the war.
what is Financial troubles (the war of Roses)?
This General assisted Manstein in creating the Manstein plan and spearheaded the armor assault through the Ardennes.
Who was Heinz Guderian?
This, the highest civilian award for gallantry was presented to the people of Malta by King George VI in 1942.
What is the George Cross?