PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA
The Maya are known for developing & using the "long count" one of these based on a 5,125-year cycle
calendar
This Bosnian city boasts many mosques & the Bascarsija, an ancient Ottoman marketplace
Sarajevo
Economist Arnold Toynbee popularized this term for Britain's transformative economic progress from 1760 to 1840
Through Rome
the Tiber
Luzon & Mindoro are 2 of the more than 7,000 islands & islets in this republic
Philippines
Ancient "Clovis" spear points have been found in New Mexico among the bones of these pachyderms
mammoths
This San Joaquin Valley city, Spanish for "ash tree", is historically a center for Armenian immigrants
Fresno
Admiral Charles Howard was in command of the Royal Navy when it defeated this large force in 1588
the Spanish Armada
Through (okay, along the south side of) Brazzaville
the Congo
Its embassy in Washington, D.C. notes that this principality is roughly the geographic size of Washington, D.C.
Liechtenstein
This civilization that flourished from 1200 to 400 B.C. carved colossal stone heads & was first to use writing in the Americas
the Olmecs
Halab is the Arabic name for this city of northern Syria that became a major trading center of the Ottoman Empire by the 16th century
Aleppo
From 1810 to 1820 productions of "King Lear" were banned in England due to this monarch's infirmity
King George III
The Vistula river:
Through this capital
Warsaw
Part of its eastern coast is on the Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
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[Yemen]
This largest feline of Central & South America was worshiped as a goddess under the name Ixchel
a jaguar
Founded in the 16th century, this seaport city of Central Chile has been home to the country's national congress since 1990
Valparaiso
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[Santiago]
This daughter was the firstborn of Henry VIII's legitimate children
(Queen) Mary
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[Virginia]
Celebrated in music by Smetana, the Vltava or Moldau River:
Through this city
Prague
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North of the Arctic Circle, Mount Kebne rises nearly 7,000 feet as the tallest peak in this nation
Sweden
The Iroquois called themselves the Haudenosaunee, meaning people of these extended communal dwellings
longhouses
Just one more thing: the name of this Sri Lankan city on the Indian Ocean likely comes from the Sinhalese for "port" or "ferry"
Colombo
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During the 17th c. English Civil War, the two opposing sides were the Roundheads & these royalist supporters
The Cavaliers
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[The Tories]
The Rímac River: Through this city with which it shares 3 letters
Lima, Peru
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Benin is the only country without an a that borders this 5-letter nation; Mali, Chad & 4 others fail the test
Niger
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