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Which Ancient Civilization Built The Great Pyramids?
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Which Country Is Home To The Historic Great Wall?
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What Famous Ship Sank In The North Atlantic Ocean In 1912?
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Who Painted The Famous Masterpiece Known As The Mona Lisa?
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Which Famous Brothers Are Credited With The First Successful Airplane Flight?
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In Which City Is The Famous Roman Colosseum Located?
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Which Country Gifted The Statue Of Liberty To The United States?
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Who Was The First Human To Walk On The Moon?
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What Was The Primary Language Spoken In Ancient Rome?
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Which Famous Queen Ruled England For Forty Five Years During The Renaissance?
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In What Year Did Christopher Columbus First Reach The Americas?
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What Ancient Civilization Invented The System Of Writing Known As Hieroglyphics?
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Which French Leader Declared Himself Emperor And Conquered Much Of Europe?
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What Was The Name Of The Ancient Greek City State Known For Its Warriors?
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Which Famous Document Signed In 1215 Limited The Power Of The English King?
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What Was The Period Of Cultural Rebirth In Europe Following The Middle Ages?
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Which Famous Scientist Developed The General Theory Of Relativity?
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What Name Is Given To The Series Of Holy Wars Fought In The Middle Ages?
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Which Ancient Wonder Was Built By King Nebuchadnezzar II For His Wife?
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What Was The Name Of The Path Used For Trade Between China And Europe?
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Which European Country Was The Birthplace Of The Industrial Revolution?
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Who Was The Young Girl Famous For Keeping A Diary While Hiding In Amsterdam?
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Which Ancient Civilization Built The City Of Machu Picchu High In The Andes?
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What Was The Name Of The Greek Poet Who Wrote The Iliad?
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Which Country Was Led By Nelson Mandela After He Was Released From Prison?
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Who Is Credited With Inventing The Movable Type Printing Press?
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What Ancient Civilization Was Responsible For The Invention Of The Wheel?
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Which Famous English Playwright Wrote Romeo And Juliet?
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What Was The Main Cause Of The Black Death In Medieval Europe?
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Which Famous Structure In India Was Built By An Emperor For His Wife?
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Which Native American Civilization Created A Famous And Complex Calendar System?
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What Event Triggered The Start Of The French Revolution In 1789?
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Who Was The First Woman To Win A Nobel Prize?
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Which Ancient Empire Was Ruled By Leaders Known As Pharaohs?
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What Was The Name Of The First English Colony In North America?
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Which Famous Explorer Led The First Expedition To Sail Around The World?
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What Was The Name Of The Wall That Divided Germany During The Cold War?
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Which Ancient Philosopher Was The Teacher Of Alexander The Great?
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What Was The Primary Reason For The Boston Tea Party?
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Which Civilization Is Known For Building The Colosseum And Aqueducts?
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Who Was The Leader Of The Mongol Empire Which Became The Largest Contiguous Empire?
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What Was The Main Goal Of The Suffragette Movement?
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Which Ancient Roman Leader Was Assassinated On The Ides Of March?
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What Was The Name Of The Ancient City Buried By Mount Vesuvius?
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Which Indian Leader Used Nonviolent Resistance To Win Independence From Britain?
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What Was The Period Of History Characterized By The Use Of Stone Tools?
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Which War Was Fought Between The Northern And Southern United States?
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What Was The Name Of The Ship That Carried The Pilgrims To America?
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Which Civilization Created The First Democracy In The World?
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Who Was The Famous Nurse Known As The Lady With The Lamp?
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What Was The Primary Resource Traded Across The Sahara Desert?
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Which Ancient Artifact Helped Scholars Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphics?
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What Was The Main Weapon Used By Knights In Medieval Tournaments?
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Which Empire Controlled Most Of The Middle East And Southeast Europe For Centuries?
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What Was The Name Of The First Satellite Launched Into Space?
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Which Famous African American Woman Helped People Escape Slavery Via The Underground Railroad?
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What Machine Did James Watt Improve That Powered The Industrial Revolution?
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Which Ancient Civilization Built Large Earth Mounds In North America?
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Who Was The Queen Of France Executed During The French Revolution?
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What Was The Name Of The Conflict Between The United States And Soviet Union?
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Rome
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Greece
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Egypt
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China
The ancient Egyptians constructed these massive limestone structures as grand tombs for their powerful pharaohs and royal families.
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China
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India
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Japan
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Russia
This massive stone fortification was built across the northern borders of China to protect the empire from foreign invasions.
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The Queen Mary
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The Lusitania
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The Britannia
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The Titanic
This famous luxury ocean liner hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Pablo Picasso
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Michelangelo
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Vincent van Gogh
Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant Italian Renaissance artist who painted this iconic portrait during the early sixteenth century period.
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The Smith Brothers
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The Wright Brothers
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The Miller Brothers
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The Johnson Brothers
Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first controlled and sustained flight of a powered aircraft near Kitty Hawk North Carolina.
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Athens
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Paris
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London
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Rome
The Colosseum is a massive stone amphitheater that was built in the center of Rome during the first century.
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England
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Germany
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France
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Spain
France gave this famous copper statue to America to celebrate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence and friendship.
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Neil Armstrong
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Buzz Aldrin
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Yuri Gagarin
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John Glenn
Neil Armstrong made history in 1969 when he became the first person to set foot on the lunar surface.
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Spanish
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Italian
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Greek
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Latin
Latin was the official language of the Roman Empire and it later became the foundation for many modern European languages.
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Elizabeth I
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Anne
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Victoria
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Mary I
Queen Elizabeth I led England through a golden age of literature and exploration during her long and successful royal reign.
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1776
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1812
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1492
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1215
Columbus led a Spanish expedition across the Atlantic Ocean and landed in the Caribbean while searching for a westward route.
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Aztecs
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Romans
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Greeks
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Egyptians
The ancient Egyptians used this complex system of pictures and symbols to record their history and beliefs on temple walls.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Charles de Gaulle
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Robespierre
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King Louis XIV
Napoleon was a brilliant military strategist who rose to power during the French Revolution and expanded his vast empire significantly.
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Athens
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Thebes
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Corinth
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Sparta
Sparta was a powerful military society in ancient Greece where young men were trained from childhood to become elite soldiers.
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Magna Carta
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Bill of Rights
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Constitution
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Declaration of Independence
The Magna Carta established the principle that everyone including the king was subject to the law and protected basic rights.
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The Enlightenment
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The Renaissance
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The Industrial Revolution
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The Reformation
The Renaissance was a time of great artistic and intellectual growth that began in Italy during the fourteenth century period.
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Isaac Newton
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Galileo Galilei
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Charles Darwin
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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist who changed our understanding of space and time with his groundbreaking scientific theories.
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The Hundred Years War
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The Crusades
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The Napoleonic Wars
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The Punic Wars
The Crusades were religious military expeditions led by European Christians to reclaim the Holy Land during the medieval times.
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The Lighthouse Of Alexandria
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The Statue Of Zeus
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The Temple Of Artemis
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The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
These legendary terraced gardens were located in the ancient city of Babylon and are considered one of the seven wonders.
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The Appian Way
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The Royal Road
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The Silk Road
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The Spice Route
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West for hundreds of years.
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Italy
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Great Britain
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Germany
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France
The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain during the late eighteenth century and transformed the way goods were manufactured globally.
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Anne Frank
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Florence Nightingale
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Marie Curie
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Joan of Arc
Anne Frank wrote a detailed diary about her experiences hiding from the Nazis during the Second World War in Europe.
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The Inca
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The Maya
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The Olmecs
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The Aztecs
The Inca Empire built this incredible mountain estate in Peru during the fifteenth century and it remains a famous landmark.
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Plato
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Aristotle
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Socrates
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Homer
Homer is the legendary author credited with writing the epic poems that are fundamental to ancient Greek literature and history.
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Nigeria
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South Africa
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Egypt
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Kenya
Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa after spending twenty seven years in prison for his activism.
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Thomas Edison
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Alexander Graham Bell
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in Germany which allowed books to be produced much faster and more affordably.
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Mesopotamia
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Egypt
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China
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India
The Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia are generally credited with inventing the wheel for pottery making and later for transportation use.
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Mark Twain
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William Shakespeare
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Charles Dickens
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Oscar Wilde
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and wrote many famous plays and sonnets.
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The Flu
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Bubonic Plague
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Smallpox
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Cholera
The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-fourteenth century.
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The Golden Temple
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The Red Fort
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The Taj Mahal
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The Lotus Temple
The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum built by Emperor Shah Jahan to honor the memory of his wife.
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The Iroquois
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The Sioux
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The Navajo
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The Maya
The ancient Maya developed a highly accurate calendar and made significant advancements in mathematics and astronomy within their great civilization.
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The Death Of Napoleon
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The Storming Of The Bastille
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The Coronation Of Louis XVI
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The Battle Of Waterloo
The storming of the Bastille prison represented a major turning point and symbol of the people rising against the monarchy.
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Mother Teresa
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Marie Curie
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Amelia Earhart
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Florence Nightingale
Marie Curie was a pioneering scientist who conducted early research on radioactivity and won Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry.
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Ottoman Empire
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Persian Empire
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Egyptian Empire
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Mughal Empire
The pharaohs were the political and religious leaders of ancient Egypt who were often considered to be living gods.
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Boston
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Roanoke
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Jamestown
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Plymouth
Jamestown was established in 1607 and became the first permanent English settlement in the Americas despite many early struggles.
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Vasco da Gama
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Hernan Cortes
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James Cook
Ferdinand Magellan began the voyage that successfully completed the first circumnavigation of the globe although he died during the trip.
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The Berlin Wall
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The Maginot Line
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The Great Wall
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The Iron Curtain
The Berlin Wall was built by East Germany to separate the communist East from the democratic West during the conflict.
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Plato
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Epicurus
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Aristotle
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Socrates
Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher who provided an education to young Alexander before he became a world conquering leader.
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Supporting The King
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Protesting Taxes
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Celebrating Peace
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Starting A Business
American colonists threw tea into the harbor to protest the British government imposing taxes without providing the colonies any representation.
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The Phoenicians
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The Persians
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The Romans
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The Greeks
The Romans were master engineers who built massive structures and complex water systems that served their vast and growing empire.
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Alexander the Great
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Attila the Hun
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Kublai Khan
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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan united the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia to create a massive empire through military conquest and strategic leadership.
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Better Working Conditions
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Women's Right To Vote
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Free Education
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Ending Slavery
The suffragettes fought a long and difficult battle to secure the legal right for women to vote in political elections.
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Nero
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Augustus
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Caligula
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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was a powerful Roman general and politician who was stabbed to death by a group of rebellious senators.
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Troy
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Athens
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Herculaneum
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Pompeii
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in seventy nine AD buried the city of Pompeii under a thick layer of ash.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Subhas Chandra Bose
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Indira Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi led the successful campaign for Indian independence through peaceful protests and nonviolent civil disobedience against the British rule.
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The Stone Age
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The Middle Ages
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The Bronze Age
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The Iron Age
The Stone Age was a long prehistoric period where humans used primitive stone tools before discovering how to work metal.
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The Civil War
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The Mexican American War
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The War of 1812
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The Revolutionary War
The American Civil War was a major conflict fought over the issues of slavery and states rights during the 1860s.
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The Golden Hind
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The Endeavour
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The Mayflower
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The Santa Maria
The Mayflower transported the first group of English Puritans known as Pilgrims to the New World in the year 1620.
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Ancient Greece
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Ancient Rome
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Ancient Egypt
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Ancient Mesopotamia
The city state of Athens in ancient Greece is widely credited with developing the first known system of democratic government.
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Dorothea Dix
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Clara Barton
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Mary Seacole
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Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale became famous for her pioneering work in nursing and improving sanitary conditions in hospitals during the Crimean War.
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Salt
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Silk
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Timber
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Spices
Salt was a highly valuable commodity in ancient times and was often traded for gold across the vast Saharan desert.
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The Elgin Marbles
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The Rosetta Stone
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The Terracotta Army
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Rosetta Stone contained the same text in three scripts which allowed modern researchers to finally understand ancient Egyptian writing.
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The Lance
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The Musket
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The Longbow
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The Crossbow
Knights used long wooden lances in jousting matches to demonstrate their equestrian skills and bravery during festive medieval tournaments.
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The Persian Empire
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The Roman Empire
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The Ottoman Empire
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The British Empire
The Ottoman Empire was a powerful state that lasted for six centuries and bridged the East and West.
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Sputnik 1
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Vanguard 1
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Telstar 1
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Explorer 1
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 in 1957 marking the official beginning of the space race between world superpowers.
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Sojourner Truth
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Ida B Wells
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Harriet Tubman
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Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman was a courageous woman who made many dangerous trips to lead enslaved people to freedom in the North.
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The Cotton Gin
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The Steam Engine
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The Power Loom
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The Spinning Jenny
James Watt made critical improvements to the steam engine which allowed factories to operate more efficiently and transformed modern industry.
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The Inca
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The Maya
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The Mississippians
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The Aztecs
The Mississippian culture built massive earthen mounds for religious and social purposes throughout the midwestern and southeastern United States regions.
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Mary Queen of Scots
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Marie Antoinette
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Catherine de Medici
Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the monarchy was abolished during the turbulent years of the revolution.
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World War I
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The Cold War
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World War II
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The Vietnam War
The Cold War was a period of intense political rivalry and tension between the two global superpowers after the war.
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