General History Quiz 181
1. Which country manufactured the largest battleships ever made?
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General History Quiz 180
1. When did Allied forces launch their invasion of Sicily during WW2?
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5,700 years of sea-level change in Micronesia hint at humans arriving much earlier than we thought
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Sea levels in Micronesia rose much faster over the past 5,000 years than previously thought, according to our new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This sea-level rise is shown by the accumulation of mangrove sediments on the islands of Pohnpei and Kosrae. The finding may change how we think about when people migrated into Remote Oceania, and where they might have voyaged from.
The original kamikaze: Kublai Khan’s invasion shipwreck found?
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Archaeologists from the University of the Ryukyus in Japan have discovered part of a 13th century ship that apparently belonged to Mongolian warlord Kublai Khan. The ship is believed to be a remnant of a fleet that took part in one of Kublai Khan’s failed attempts to invade Japan, in 1274 or 1281.
General History Quiz 179
1. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. How many people were killed in the storm?
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Have humans always gone to war?
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The question of whether warfare is encoded in our genes, or appeared as a result of civilisation, has long fascinated anyone trying to get to grips with human society. Might a willingness to fight neighbouring groups have provided our ancestors with an evolutionary advantage? With conflicts raging across the globe, these questions have implications for understanding our past, and perhaps our future as well.
General History Quiz 178
1. Who painted ‘The Fighting Temeraire’, shown below?
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General History Quiz 177
1. Which two armies clashed at the battle of Bannockburn?
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Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the ‘worst year to be alive’
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536 is the current consensus candidate for worst year in human history. A volcanic eruption, or possibly more than one, somewhere in the northern hemisphere would seem to have been the trigger. Wherever it was, the eruption precipitated a decade-long “volcanic winter”, in which China suffered summer snows and average temperatures in Europe dropped by 2.5℃. Crops failed. People starved. Then they took up arms against each other.
General History Quiz 176
1. How long did the Berlin Wall stand?
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General History Quiz 175
1. How long has Rome been continuously occupied?
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General History Quiz 174
1. When did the Sino-Soviet split occur?
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