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World history: people, places, events beginning with C
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1) This Frankish king was crowned Roman Emperor in 800, restoring Roman power to the European west
Charlemagne
2) Former name of Istanbul under the Roman/Byzantine empire rule, named after the famed Roman emperor
Constantinople
3) This English queen was the first wife of Henry VIII, originally from Spain
Catherine of Aragon
4) This internal war was fought between the American North and South over the issue of slavery and its legality
Civil War
5) This major writing script is used in several Eurasian countries, particularly Russian, Bulgarian, and other Slavic countries
Cyrillic
6) Series of military campaigns between Muslims and Christians to take control of the Holy Land
Crusades
7) Tense 2 week confrontation between the US and USSR over projectiles being launched in Cuba, moving closer to a full scale war in 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
8) Now in present day Tunis, this city was the capital of the Punic empire that fell to the Romans in the 2nd century BC
Carthage
9) Famous Egyptian ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, the only female pharaoh and wife of Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony
Cleopatra
10) Period of high geopolitical tension between the US and USSR following WW2 and ending in 1989
Cold War
11) This Chinese philosopher, born as Kong Qiu, contributed to the development of the major religion that bore his name
Confucius
12) Italian explorer who, while sailing under the Spanish crown, explored the Americas and is often credited for "discovering" it
Christopher Columbus
13) According to the book of Genesis, this son of Adam killed his brother Abel in revenge over Gods choosing
Cain
14) The collective Southern states that seceded from the Union during the Civil War
Confederacy
15) This battle was a decisive Confederate victory in April 1863, but resulted in the death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
16) This term is an Islamic form of political-religious government where the head of state is a long successor of the Prophet Muhammad
Caliphate
17) This megacity is the seat of Egypt, closest to the pyramids and Giza
Cairo
18) Alternative time dating to after the death of Christ is often called "After death" or _______ Era
Common
19) This "great" emperor hailed from Iran and founded the Persian Achaemenid Empire
Cyrus the Great
20) Supreme set of laws of the US, beginning with "We the people" as its preamble
Constitution
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