THEY WON THE BATTLE
The 1689 Battle of Killiecrankie in this country:
the Jacobites
Scotland
In Turkish this island's name begins with a "K"; in Greek, with the equivalent, kappa
Cyprus
Kuwait is found on the Arabian Peninsula along the northwestern shores of this gulf
the Persian Gulf
The Buda Castle District is near the Danube in this nation
Hungary
From 1346 to 1561, the Teutonic Knights ruled Latvia & this northern neighbor as the Medieval state of Livonia
Estonia
The 1876 battle of this river:
the Lakota & the Cheyenne
Little Bighorn
Borneo is shared by Indonesia, Malaysia & this Islamic monarchy
Brunei
The training of these swift raptors is a popular pastime in Kuwait & one appears on the national emblem
Falcons
The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is in this Missouri city
Hannibal
The British captured this narrow peninsula in 1704; Spain has coveted it ever since
Gibraltar
The Union:
the 1865 battle of this Court House
Appomattox
In 2022 Canada got a land border with a second country, agreeing to split a tiny island near Greenland with this European nation
Denmark
Before the dominance of the oil industry, Kuwait was a center of diving offshore for these precious oyster objects, often at depths over 100 feet
Pearls
This Canadian citadel has a lovely view of this Nova Scotia city
Halifax
In 1241 Hamburg & Lubeck businessmen formed an association that grew into this big league
The Hanseatic League
The 1940 Battle of Britain:
this group of aviators
The Royal Air Force
France & the Netherlands share this little Caribbean island, & we don't care whether you say "Saint" or "Sint"
St. Maarten
A museum is named for these people who die for a greater cause--specifically young men who in 1991 fought Iraqi tanks
martyrs
One of New Jersey's oldest, this rhymingly named city was founded as New Barbadoes
Hackensack
When this "dark" knight sacked Limoges, France in 1370, he killed more than 3,000 citizens
The Black Prince
The October 14, 1066 Battle of this:
William the Conqueror
Hastings
The first word in the name of this country that shares an island with Indonesia is from Malay for "frizzled"
Papua New Guinea
Kuwait's head of state, Sheik Nawaf of the Al Sabah Dynasty, holds this 4-letter title from Arabic for "commander"
emir
This Ancient Egyptian city lived up to its name as the seat of worship of Re, the sun god
Heliopolis
As prince & king, Carol I ruled this Eastern European nation from 1866 to 1914
Romania