History by Letter #2 - C

History by Letter is back for a second round! Name the historical terms, all beginning with C, based on the hints provided!

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Hint	Answer
Russian Empress whose rule marked a Golden Age for Russia	Catherine the Great
Wonder of the Ancient World, located in Rhodes	Colossus of Rhodes
Surname of Cuban Leaders Raul and Fidel	Castro
Last Communist Leader of Romania	Nicolae Ceausescu
Spanish Conquistador that caused the fall of the Aztecs	Hernan Cortes
Hellenized name of Khufu, who built the Great Pyramid	Cheops
Roman Orator, murdered by the Second Triumvirate	Cicero
Only US President to have served two non-consecutive terms	Grover Cleveland
Nickname for Roman Emperor Gaius, meaning Little Boots	Caligula
First Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity	Constantine the Great
US Army Officer who had his 'Last Stand' at the Battle of Little Bighorn	George Armstrong Custer
Native American war leader that defeated the previous answer	Crazy Horse
Founder of the Achaemenid or Great Persian Empire	Cyrus the Great
Iberian Kingdom that merged with the Kingdom of Leon	Castille
Former name of Sri Lanka	Ceylon
Andalusian City in Spain, once the capital of an Islamic Caliphate	Cordoba
Frankish Empire founded by Charlemagne	Carolingian Empire
Mayan City on the Yucatan where the Mayans built a famous pyramid	Chichen Itza
Country where rulers claimed power by the Mandate of Heaven	China
Greek Island, birthplace of the Minoan Civilization	Crete
War in which Florence Nightingale was a nurse	Crimean War
Father of English Poetry, author of The Canterbury Tales	Geoffrey Chaucer

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