Equestrian Statues
The largest equestrian statue in the world is located 54 kilometers from this Mongolian capital.
What is Ulaanbatar?
Between Spain and Morocco, it connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
The oldest university in the world, with the word "universitas" being coined at its foundation, is in this northern Italian city.
What is Bologna/University of Bologna?
The last imperial dynasty of China was this one, led by the Manchus.
What is the Qing Dynasty?
Located in the south of England, this odd collection of stones dates back to around 3100 BCE.
What is Stonehenge?
This country has the most equestrian statues in the world, many commemorating Revolutionary or Civil War figures.
What is the United States?
The Johor Strait seperates this city-state from the Malay peninsula.
What is Singapore?
The oldest university in the English speaking world, it began teaching around 1096-1157.
What is Oxford University?
Founded by Kublai Khan, the Yuan Dynasty in China attempted twice unsuccessfully to conquer this eastern neighbour.
What is Japan?
This ancient city in Jordan, also known as Rose City, is famous for being cut into the rock.
What is Petra?
One of the oldest Equestrian statues in the world dating back to 175 AD, it depicts this last Roman emperor of "Pax Romana".
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
This strait connecting the Indian Sea to the South China Sea sees about 25% of all world goods pass through it every year.
What is the Strait of Malacca?
Although it was a Buddhist monastery, this center of learning in India founded during the Gupta Empire is considered one of the world's oldest residential universities.
What is Nalanda mahavihara/Nalanda University?
This rebellion during the Qing Dynasty resulted in an estimated 20-30 million casualties, or about 5-10% of the population at the time.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
This is the world's largest living structure off the coast of Australia.
What is The Great Barrier Reef?
This 3rd largest equestrian statue in the world commemorates an undefeated Czech commander during the Hussite Wars atop Vitkov Hill in Prague.
Who is Jan Zizka?
It connects with the Bosphorus Strait at the point where the strait meets the Sea of Marmara, this ancient waterway helps define the northern boundary of the peninsula constituting "Old Istanbul" (ancient Constantinople).
What is the Golden Horn?
The oldest university north of the alps and east of Paris, it was founded by Holy Roman Emperor Charles the IV in this Central European city.
What is Prague? (University of Prague/Charles University)
The naval expeditions of Zheng He during the Ming Dynasty reached as far as this African country.
What is Somalia?
Incorporating the "Old Town" of this city, this UNESCO World Heritage Site was the location of not one, not two, but three famous defenestrations.
What is Prague? (Historic centre of Prague)
A bronze statue commemorating Peter the Great in St.Petersburg sits atop this largest stone ever moved by humans.
What is the Thunder Stone?
Also known as the Gate of Tears, this strait connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, or Indian Ocean.
What is the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait?
The first university established in the Americas, it is also one of the oldest continuously operating degree granting universities in the world.
What is the National University of San Marcos? (In Lima, Peru)
Founder of the Han Dynasty, this former peasant became emperor after defeating Xiang Yu.
Who was Liu Bang?
This oldest UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United States is famous for its well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings.
What is Mesa Verde National Park, Colardo?