The "Fertile Crescent", or Mesopotamia, where human civilization began, is situated between what two famous bodies of water?
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Which writing system came first? Cuneiform, or Hieroglyphics?
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What was the name of the Egyptian Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid of Giza?
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What is the name of the tablet discovered in 1799, written in three languages: Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek, which helped archaeologists finally decipher Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics?
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Name the famous Macedonian ruler that conquered the entire known world and brought Greek culture to every part of his empire.
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Who was the first Emperor of Rome?
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In what year did the Western half of the Roman Empire fall?
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In what year was the Battle of Hastings fought?
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The Magna Carta, a document drafted in AD 1215 that limited the power of the monarchy by placing the king under the law, was created in what country?
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Name the famous Japanese ruler who established a stable government in feudal Japan in the 16th century that would, eventually, lead to the unification of the country after his death.
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Name the sickness that wiped out a third of Europe's population during the Dark Ages.
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What was the name of the scientific and cultural revolution that blossomed in Europe during the 14th to 17th centuries, signifying the end of the Dark Ages?
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True or false?: Johannes Gutenberg was the first man to invent the printing press.
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Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the Earth?
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The Hundred Years' War was fought between which two countries?
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Who abolished the slave trade first? The British Empire, or the United States?
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In what year did the French Revolution begin?
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Napoleon was finally defeated by the Duke of Wellington at what important battle?
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True or False?: The American Civil War was the first war in American history to be documented in photographs available to the public.
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In what year did Charles Darwin publish his famous book, "On the Origin of Species"?
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Who invented the telephone?
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In what year did World War I begin?
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What treaty marked the end of World War I?
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World War II officially began with...?
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Which of these countries was NOT a part of the Axis powers in World War II?
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What was the "Final Solution"?
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In what year did World War II end?
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The Cold War was "fought" between which two countries?
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Name the Chinese leader who organized the Chinese Cultural Revolution and transformed China into a communist state.
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Name the first person to reach space.
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In what year was the World Wide Web invented?
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