10 Random History Questions

This Enlightenment philosopher’s words, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of property”, would go on to be influential in the writing of the US Declaration of Independence.

This city, located in the US state of Tennessee, was named after the ancient capital of Lower Egypt.

This American couple was tried with espionage, having allegedly sold nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, allowing them to develop nuclear weapons, and were summarily executed in 1953.

Despite suffering from leprosy, this king of Jerusalem ruled a powerful and thriving crusader state.

A part of the First Triumvirate alongside Pompey and Caesar, this man is often considered “the richest man in Rome”, owning a large percentage of the city of Rome’s real estate.

This Byzantine emperor was known for his massive influence, having built the Hagia Sophia and aiming to reclaim much of the lost Western Roman territory.

Between 1899 and 1901, a series of anti-imperialist uprisings against foreign and Christian influence known by this moniker unfolded in China.

Traders from Arabia helped spread this belief system to Indonesia, where it still holds strong.

During the invasion of Syracuse by Rome, a roman soldier killed an old man for refusing to obey him. This man would later turn out to be this genius mathematician and philosopher.

The first written code of law, inscribed on a stone pillar, was recorded nearly 4,000 years ago by this Babylonian king.