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The 7th and 8th Century - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 30,373 times
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- The average score is 14 of 19
Answer Stats
| Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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| c. 770 | This disease leaves Europe. It will reappear with a vengeance around 1350. | Black Death | 97%
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| 793 | These northern sea people raid the British Isles for the first time | Vikings | 97%
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| 722 | The Reconquista begins in this country. It would end 770 years later with the fall of the Emirate of Granada. | Spain | 89%
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| 663 | According to legend, this Japanese volcano's summit is reached for the first time | Mount Fuji | 88%
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| 691 | Wu Zetian becomes the first and only Empress of this country | China | 87%
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| 800 | This Frankish ruler is crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day | Charlemagne | 86%
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| 762 | The Abbasid Caliphate founds this capital on the Tigris River | Baghdad | 83%
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| 717–718 | The Umayyad Caliphate besieges this largest and most important of Christian cities – but fails to capture it | Constantinople | 80%
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| 632 | Muhammad dies in this city | Medina | 76%
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| 697 | The first doge is elected in this Adriatic republic | Venice | 76%
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| 629 | This Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca is held for the first time | Hajj | 74%
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| c. 700 | Formerly known as Chang'an, this Chinese city is the most populous in the world (HINT: starts with X) | Xi'an | 71%
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| 609 | This Roman building, originally a temple to all gods, is transformed into a church | Pantheon | 67%
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| 601 | St. Augustine becomes the first archbishop of this English city | Canterbury | 66%
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| 691 | This Islamic shrine is completed on Jerusalem's Temple Mount | Dome of the {Rock} | 63%
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| 600s | This footrest for horse riders spreads to Europe, making mounted knights more effective, and potentially bringing about feudalism | Stirrups | 56%
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| 639 | Arabs conquer this country, the "bread basket" of the Byzantine Empire | Egypt | 53%
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| 708 | This small island, today one of France's biggest tourist attractions, is fortified | Mont-Saint-Michel | 40%
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| 732 | Charles Martel's victory at this battle ends Arab encroachment into France | Battle of {Tours} | 32%
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