| Hint | Years | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14) This scholar, author of the Divine Comedy, is bornin Florence | 1265 | Dante | 100%
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| 11) Norwegian king Haakon IV annexes this islandfor the kingdom | 1262 | Iceland | 100%
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| 13) At 17, this Venetian sets off from Italy for his journeyeast, where he eventually works for Kublai Khan | 1271 | Marco Polo | 100%
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| 18) This Chinese city is chosen as the first time to becomeits capital, under Mongol rule | 1279 | Beijing | 94%
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| 8) This country is the first to establish a permanentParliament when Louis IX holds quarterly meetings | 1250 | France | 94%
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| 10) This man, grandson of Genghis Khan, is elected new leader of the Mongols | 1260 | Kublai Khan | 94%
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| 1) Rebels force King John to sign this document to establish no king was above the law | 1215 | Magna Carta | 94%
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| 19) After defeating the English at Stirling Bridge, he wasallowed to rule Scotland | 1297 | William Wallace | 88%
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| 17) This man is chosen as English king upon the deathof his father, Henry III | 1272 | Edward | 81%
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| 5) The Mongols conquer this peninsula as a strategic base for attacks on Japan | 1231 | Korea | 81%
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| 9) Construction begins on a basilica in the hillsabove Assisi to honor this saint | 1253 | Francis | 75%
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| 2) This man, known as Temujin, takes the crownas the feared Mongol leader | 1206 | Genghis Khan | 75%
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| 20) Marco Polo is jailed in this Italian city, where he ispersuaded to narrate his adventures to the east | 1298 | Genoa | 69%
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| 7) Construction begins on this palace fortressof the above kingdom | 1238 | Alhambra | 56%
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| 6) This Muslim kingdom in Spain is establishedwith a Berber king Muhammad I | 1232 | Granada | 44%
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| 12) This scholar begins work on the Summa Theologica,the collection of teachings of the Church | 1266 | Thomas Aquinas | 44%
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| 15) Kublai Khan establishes this city as his seasonal residence | 1263 | Xanadu | 44%
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| 16) This region of China links with the Mongols, bringingthem under Kublai Khans rule | 1279 | Tibet | 38%
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| 4) This religious order of friars is establishedby pope Honorius III | 1223 | Franciscan | 19%
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| 3) The Byzantine empire establishes the new capital at this Turkish city, site of the Creed | 1204-1261 | Nicaea | 13%
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