Ancient History
This object, inscribed in three scripts, finally allowed scholars to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics,
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This German term for "lightning war" described the swift, coordinated use of tanks and aircraft to breach enemy lines in World War II.
What is the Blitzkrieg?
This 1803 deal with France, overseen by President Thomas Jefferson, roughly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This Greek historian wrote The Histories, offering the most detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars, earning him the title "Father of History."
Who is Herodotus?
This famed battle saw 300 Spartans and a small allied force hold off a much larger Persian army for three days.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
This series of 85 essays, written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, was written to convince New Yorkers to adopt the U.S. Constitution.
What are The Federalist Papers?
This approximately two hundred years of relative peace and political stability began with the reign of Emperor Augustus.
What is the Pax Romana?
The levée en masse, enacted by the National Convention in 1793, made this the first country to institute universal military conscription for the war effort.
What is France?
This post-Civil War period saw the federal government attempt to integrate former Confederate states and newly freed people into the nation.
What is Reconstruction?
The first four leaders of the Muslim community after Muhammad's death were called this.
The Rashidun or the Rightly Guided Caliphs
The Union victory in this 1863 battle, fought over three days in Pennsylvania, is considered the major turning point of the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Instituted in Athens to prevent any single politician from gaining too much power, this procedure involved writing a citizen's name on a shard of pottery to banish them for ten years.
What is ostracism?
This military doctrine, influenced by the defeat in Vietnam, advocated using swift, overwhelming force to achieve political objectives, as seen in the 1991 Gulf War.
What is the Powell Doctrine?