Ancient
This republic conquered the whole Mediterranean.
Rome
This Norman duke invaded England in 1066.
William the Conqueror.
This scientist was the first to observe the planets with a telescope.
Galileo Galilei.
America purchased a territory from France in 1803 in a deal what is now called this.
Louisiana Purchase.
This date is remembered for the destruction of the World Trade Center.
September 11, 2001
This Macedonian king conquered the known world.
Alexander the Great.
This Frankish king became the first Holy Roman Emperor as declared by the Pope in 800
Charlemagne
Virginia was named for this Monarch.
Elizabeth I
This Dutch artist was the most influential post-impressionist painter in the late 19th century.
Vincent Van Gogh.
This date started WWII with the invasion of Poland.
September 1, 1939
This man was a very famous philosipher in Greece, but he was executed for 'corrupting the youth.'
Socrates.
The Iberian Peninsula that is today Spain and Portugal was conquered by this people group in the early 8th century.
The Moors
These two Monarchs finished the Reconquista and united the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon.
Isebella and Ferdinand of Spain.
This battle ended the Napoleonic wars.
Waterloo.
This Russian writer wrote War and Peace.
Leo Tolstoy.
This Greek admiral oversaw the Persian defeat of Salamis.
Themistocles.
This people group invaded central Europe and settled in modern Hungary.
Magyars.
This is the term used to describe a decree issued by the Pope, it is named after the leaden seal traditionally appended to authenticate it.
Papal Bull.
Italy finally united in this year, a few months before Germany.
1870
This city held the first modern Olympic games in 1896.
Athens, Greece.
The five books of Moses are known as this.
Pentateuch
This Pope called for the first crusade in 1096.
Pope Urban II
This Dutch-born theologian and writer wrote the book Novum Instrumentum Omne, a dual lingual Bible written in Latin and Greek published in 1516.
Desiderius Erasmus.
Cinematography was not used to document wars until English photographer James Robertson, with his partners captured iconic scenes from this war.
Crimean War.
A U.S. senator prompted the Red Scare in the 1940s and 50s giving rise to this term associated with the intense fear of a communist takeover.
McCarthyism.