Weekly History Quiz No.269
1. What is the 1916 armed insurrection against British rule in Ireland known as?
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1. What is the 1916 armed insurrection against British rule in Ireland known as?
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Stone tools. Our ancestors made them, some people still make them, and many species of extinct humans made them too. For more than three million years, fractured pieces of hard rock provided past people with a means to extract their livelihood from the environment. Because stone is plentiful and cheap to acquire, stone tools were made in large numbers. And because it is so durable, it usually outlasts other traces of human activity. With the passing of time, everything from our thoughts and languages to clothes, food waste and even our own bones are inevitably erased. But stone tools have remained.
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Read More1. Where did Joanna Plantagenet, sister of Richard I Lionheart, become Queen?
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1. In the 1300s, which Empire produced approximately half the world’s gold?
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For Seqenenre Taa II, the violent injuries were possibly the result of dying in battle or execution by a king who had invaded the north of the country. One theory also suggested he was killed while sleeping. In the new study, the team applied computed tomography (CT) scanning to the remains to investigate further. CT is a non-invasive imaging method that basically layers multiple X-rays on top of each other in order to create three dimensional images of both the soft and hard tissues. We usually think of it in clinical settings, but it has a long history of use in forensic contexts to safely study remains contained inside wrappings or body bags.
1. Which Empire operated the Manila Galleon trade?
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1. When did the Wars of the Roses end?
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Read More1. Who painted ‘The Basket of Apples’ in 1893?
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1. Who led the victorious army at the Battle of Poltava?
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1. Which conflict did the Battle of Culloden bring to a close?
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