History General Knowledge #18

Who was the Athenian statesman who led Athens during its "Golden Age" and initiated the construction of the Parthenon

What was the ancient kingdom located in modern-day Sudan, known for its pyramids and rivalry with Egypt

Which Byzantine general under Emperor Justinian who reconquered large parts of the Western Roman Empire

Which early Christian theologian, best known for his work "Confessions," was a bishop in North Africa and is considered one of the most influential Church Fathers?

What is the name of the first permanent English colony in America, founded in 1607?

What was the ancient road system connecting China to the Mediterranean

What was the Japanese city that was the target of the first atomic bomb in 1945

Which 20th-century American gangster is remembered for his infamous "St. Valentine's Day Massacre"?

The Treaty of ________, signed in 1494, divided the New World between Spain and Portugal

The war fought between Britain and China over trade imbalances and the illegal drug market in the 19th century

Who was the British monarch during the American Revolutionary War?

The Greek historian known as the "Father of History," who wrote about the Greco-Persian Wars

The battle in 218 BCE where Hannibal ambushed and annihilated a Roman army by using a double envelopment strategy

Which mountain in Greece, known as the "holy mountain," has been home to an autonomous monastic community since the 10th century?

The battle of __________ in 480 BCE where 300 Spartans and their allies fought to delay the Persian army led by Xerxes I

The Russian empress who corresponded with Voltaire and sought to modernize Russia in the 18th century

The Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 410 CE

African ruler of Mali, whose wealth and pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 astonished the Islamic world

The ancient Mesopotamian king who created one of the earliest known legal codes around 1754 BCE

The Chinese philosopher whose teachings became the foundation of a major religion during the 5th century BCE