History by Letter - X

Can you name these historical people, places, and things beginning or ending with the letter X?

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Hint	Answer
Beginning with X
Chinese summer capital where Marco Polo met Kublai Khan	Xanadu
King of Persia who invaded Greece in 480 BC	Xerxes the Great
Ancient capital of China that is home to the Terracotta Army	Xi'an
Ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates and leader of the Ten Thousand march	Xenophon
Chinese port city that opened to Western powers' trade after the First Opium War	Xiamen
Catholic saint who brought Christianity to Japan	Saint Francis Xavier
Form of radiation discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Röntgen	X-ray
Semi-legendary first imperial dynasty of ancient China (2070-1600 BC)	Xia Dynasty
Ethnicity and mother tongue of Nelson Mandela	Xhosa
Chinese region that corresponds to the historical homeland of the Uyghur people	Xinjiang
Diplomatic scandal between the US and France that led to the Quasi-War in 1798	XYZ Affair
1911 revolution which brought the establishment of the first republican government in China	Xinhai Revolution
Ending with X
Play about king of Thebes who can't escape fate that was written by Sophocles (2 words)	Oedipus Rex
Town in Virginia were Confederate general Lee surrendered to Union general Grant	Appomattox
French ski resort that hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924	Chamonix
Roman title for the chief high priest and one of the titles of the Roman emperor	Pontifex Maximus
Canadian city where the biggest non-nuclear explosion in history occured in 1917	Halifax
Rock guitarist who headlined the Woodstock Festival and is widely considered the greatest ever	Jimi Hendrix

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