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Answer
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Country in the Thumbnail
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India
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Most spoken language in the above
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Hindi
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River from which the name of the above language was derived
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Indus
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Peninsula with the same name as the sea into which the above flows
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Country having the world's tallest building. Located in the above
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United Arab Emirates
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Most spoken native language in the above country
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Arabic
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City whose name is Arabic for 'Haven of Peace'
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Dar es Salaam
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Country which has a slight variant of the above in it's official name
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Brunei
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Island on which the above is located
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Borneo
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Which is a part of the
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Malay Archipelago
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Richest country in the above
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Singapore
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Most spoken language in the above
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Mandarin
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The above originated in
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China
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Largest city (city proper) by GDP in the above
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Shanghai
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In 1937, the above was captured by the
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Japanese Empire
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The island on which the above was primarily based
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Honshū
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The only island more populated than the above
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Java
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The only capital city located on the above
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Jakarta
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Most followed religion in the above
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Islam
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Holiest city of the above
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Mecca
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Country in which the above is located
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Saudi Arabia
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Which is the largest exporter of
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Oil
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Country with the most proven reserves of the above
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Venezuela
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Country that sanctioned the above in 2005
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United States of America
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Country with which the above had a space race
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Soviet Union
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Code name for the invasion of the above by Nazi Germany
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Operation Barbarossa
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War which the above invasion was a part of
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World War 2
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Largest amphibious battle in history. Part of the above
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Battle of D-Day
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Peninsula on which the battle took place
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Normandy
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Seafarers after whom the peninsula is named
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Vikings
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Viking who discovered Greenland
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Erik the Red
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Son of the above who was the first European to found a settlement in the Americas
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Leif Erikson
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Coast on which the settlement was founded
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Labrador Coast
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Country which the above is a part of
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Canada
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Tallest moutain in the above
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Mount Logan
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Only mountain taller than the above in North America
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Mount McKinley
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African counterpart of the above
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Mount Kilimanjaro
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Country in which the above is located
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Tanzania
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Largest archipelago in Tanzania. Once a key spice trade hub, famed for cloves and nutmeg.
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Zanzibar
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Empire which won the shortest war in history against Zanzibar
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British Empire
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Capital of the above
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London
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Empire which built the London wall to protect London from Saxon Pirates
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Roman Empire
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Name of the eastern part of the Roman empire after it split in 285 AD
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Byzantine Empire
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Name of Istanbul under the above
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Constantinople
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Strait on which the above is located
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Bosporus Strait
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Sea which is connected to the Sea of Marmara by the above
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Black Sea
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Peninsula located in the above after which a war was fought
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Crimea
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Largest city on the peninsula.
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Sevastopol
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Country which annexed the peninsula and the city in 2014
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Russia
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Country with which the above has its longest land border
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Kazakhstan
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Lake with which the above has a coastline. Largest lake in the world.
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Caspian Sea
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Country to the south of the above
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Iran
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Water body named after the above
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Persian Gulf
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Richest country bordering the above
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Qatar
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Country with a flag similar to the above
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Bahrain
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Currency of the above
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Bahraini Dinar
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Only country with a currency stronger than the above
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Kuwait
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Country which invaded the above in 1990
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Iraq
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City in the above in which one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World was located
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Babylon
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Civilization which the above was the capital of
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Mesopotamian Civilization
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Ruler who conquered the above
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Cyrus the Great
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Name of the empire of the above
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Achaemenid Empire
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Empire which conquered the above
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Macedonian Empire
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Most famous ruler of the above
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Alexander the Great
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Name of his Father
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Philip II
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Empire who had a king with the same name and has a country named after the king.
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Spanish Empire
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Name of the country which was named after the king
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Philippines
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Only country in the world, of which the majority does not speak Spanish as their first language, that has a larger Catholic population than the above
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Brazil
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Empire which colonized the above
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Portuguese Empire
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Peninsula on which the above is located
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Iberia
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First Caliphate to conquer the above
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Umayyad Caliphate
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Capital of the above. Also a type of steel which had high durability and sharpness.
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Damascus
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Country which the above is the capital of
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Syria
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Geographical region in which the above is located. Birthplace of some of the world's largest religions
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Levant
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Religious wars which were fought in the above region
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The Crusades
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Legendary Christian king, believed during the above to rule a rich kingdom in India, hoped to aid European forces
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Prester John
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The actual rulers South India during the rumours
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Chola Dynasty
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Maritime Southeast Asian empire whose capital was in Sumatra, raided by the Cholas in 1025 CE
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Srivijaya Empire
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Javanese empire that rose to prominence after Srivijaya’s decline
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Majapahit Empire
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One of the two major religions practiced in the Majapahit Empire, alongside Hinduism
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Buddhism
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