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World history- people, places, events beginning with B
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Last updated: December 18, 2024
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1) This disease spread rampant across Europe in the mid
1300s, causing the death of over 1/3 of the population
Bubonic Plague
2) This Englishman, known as Edward Teach, became one
of the most feared pirates of the coastal Atlantic in the late 1600s-1700s
Blackbeard
3) This major power was referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire,
its capital was at Constantinople
Byzantine
4) The Awakened One, AKA Siddhartha Gautama, was the founder
of this major religion
Buddhism
5) This notorious French emperor met his defeat at Waterloo and
was exiled to St Helena, Napoleon ________
Bonaparte
6) First name of Italian Fascist dictator Mussolini
Benito
7) This ancient Mesopotamian city sat on the lower Euphrates river
basin near modern day Baghdad
Babylon
8) Queens' most successful song, written in 1975
Bohemian Rhapsody
9) Protest by the American colonists resulting in the dumping of tea
caskets into the harbor in rejection to the British tax
Boston Tea Party
10) Skirmish between the British and American colonists resulting in the
death of 5 people in the middle of Boston
Boston Massacre
11) Traditionally the highest caste ranking of the 4 varnas of Hinduism
Brahmin
12) Under British rule, this capital was named Peking
Beijing
13) the 3rd phase of historical development in which more metallic materials were
used to construct, from around 3300 BC- 1200 BC, after the Stone Age
Bronze Age
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14) This Serbian city was the capital of Yugoslavia until its collapse
Belgrade
15) This historic capital is home to the Red Sox, "Pahhking the caaar",
Faneuil Hall, and Quincy Market
Boston
16) Also known as the "lightning war", this term was a swift German
attack to suppress close enemies
Blitzkrieg
17) The armed uprising of Virginia indentured servants from 1676-77, in rejection of
the Governors choice not to drive natives out of the colony
Bacons Rebellion
18) Province of the Persian empire in modern day Afghanistan/Uzbekistan, whos
emperor Bessus led the resistance of Alexander the Greats army
Bactria
19) Famous Mormon leader who led his followers to Utah and established
Salt Lake City as his religious capital
Brigham Young
20) Legendary frontiersman and cowboy William F. Cody went by this
nickname for bison hunting
Buffalo Bill
21) Style of architecture and ornate, elaborate art/music period of Europe from
around 1600-1750
Baroque
22) Traditional sour soup served hot or cold made with beet root, originating
in Ukraine
Borscht
23) Massive wall constructed in Germanys capital to separate the controlled east
from the free west
Berlin Wall
24) Secret military society formed pre WW1 by Serbian officers, the assassin of
Archduke Ferdinand was a member
Black Hand
25) WIld west outlaw, legend claims he killed 21 people before he turned 21, he was
killed in New Mexico in a gunfight
Billy the Kid
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