Europe
The period of European history which famously began with the sacking of Lindisfarne.
What was the Viking Age?
The Japanese internal conflict that saw the rise of legendary figures such as Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
What is Sengoku Jidai?
A king of Mali commonly known as the richest man in history.
Who was Mansa Musa?
The European commonly credited with the discovery of North America.
Who was Leif Eriksson?
An ancient trade network that stretched from Western Europe to Eastern Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
A Wallachian ruler whose bloody antics inspired the story of Count Dracula.
Who was Vlad II Dracul? (Also accepting Draculesti or Vlad the Bloody)
Ancient Babylonian ruler known to have built the Hanging Gardens.
Who was Nebucanezzar II?
The historic alternative name of the East African nation of Ethiopia.
What is Abyssinia?
The South American Hero who led the charge in the many wars for independence against Spain.
Who was Simón Bolivar.
The invention commonly believed to have started the Industrial Revolution.
What was the Spinning Jenny?
The battle in which Charles Martel (AKA The Hammer) led the Frankish forces to victory against the invading Umayyad Caliphate.
What was the Battle of Tours? (Alternative; Battle of Poitiers)
A Muslim, Mongolian successor-state which conquered most of the Indian Sub-continent.
What was the Mughal Empire?
A tribe of people from Central Africa who emigrated and became the dominant culture on the continent.
What is the Bantu?
The Capital of the Aztec Empire.
What was Tenochtitlan?
The closed system by which slaves came to America, raw materials came to Europe and processed goods came to Africa.
What was the Triangle Trade?
A military unit whose tactics dominated the Pike-and-Shot era of warfare.
What was the Spanish Terico?
A Chinese explorer who explored the Indian Ocean on massive wooden ships.
Who was Zheng He?
Famous Egyptian Warrior Queen who lived over 3000 years ago.
Who was Nefertiti?
The Spanish Conquistador mostly known for the conquest of the Incan Empire.
Who was Francisco Pizzaro?
China, The Indus Valley, Mesopotamia and Egypt.
What were the River Valley Civilizations?
The tome containing the first official Census conducted in England in 1086.
What is the Doomsday Book?
A legendary Scythian Queen famous for having killed Cyrus the Great in single combat.
Who was Queen Tomyris?
An 900 year old Southern African civilization likely to have traded extensively with both the Arab world and China.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
The Native American culture which was mostly prescent in the south and central US and is famous for their great earthen mounds.
What was The Mississippian Cultures?
A process by which Great and Stable Empires eventually descend into chaos and collapse.
What is a High Equilibrium Trap?