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1.When did the Western Roman Empire collapse?
576
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476
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433
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533
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2.Which city was established by Clovis as the capital of the Kingdom of the Franks in 508?
Paris
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Avignon
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Carcassonne
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Toulouse
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3.What was the name of the Codification of Roman Law written in 529?
Zeno’s Code
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Justinian’s Code
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Heraclius’ Code
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Tiberius’ Code
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4.What was originally Hagia Sophia when it was built in 537?
Roman Catholic cathedral
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Byzantine Christian cathedral
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Mosque
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Museum
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5.The first written account of the Loch Ness monster was in 566. Where is that lake located?
England
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Ireland
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Wales
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Scotland
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6.In 622, the year one of the Islamic calendar. Where did Muhammad take his followers?
Persia
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Cairo
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Medina
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Carthage
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7.Who fought in the Battle of Tours in the year 732?
Franks and Muslims
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Muslims and Romans
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Vikings and Franks
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Romans and Vikings
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8.Who did Charles the Great and Carloman succeed as Kings of the Franks in 768?
Clovis IV
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Charles Martel
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Louis I the Pious
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Pepin the Short
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9.In 800, on Christmas Day, Charles the Great was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by which pope?
Stephen III
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Leo III
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Adrian I
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Eugene II
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10.Which great Frankish ruler, the first recognised emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire, died in 814?
Charles the Great
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Clovis I
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Louis I the Pious
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Pepin the Short
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11.In 841, Vikings built a settlement on the south bank of the River Liffey, which it will eventually become which city?
Dublin
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Rotterdam
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Edinburgh
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Liverpool
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12.In 858, missionaries Cyril and Methodius invented the Cyrillic alphabet. Which of the nations do not use it today?
Bulgarians
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Serbians
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Russians
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Romanians
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13.Who were first settlers in Iceland in 830?
Frisians
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Magyars
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Franks
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Vikings
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14.What king of Wessex defeated the Danes and established a treaty with them in 886?
Charles the Great
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King Aethelwulf
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Alfred the Great
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King Henry VIII
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15.Which Viking became the first ruler of Normandy in 918?
Rollo
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Ragnar Lodbrok
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Olaf Tryggvason
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Harald Hardada
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16.What Germanic empire was formed under Otto I in 962?
West Frankish Empire
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Byzantine Empire
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Frisian Empire
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The Holy Roman Empire
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17.Which Norse explorer founded the first settlement in Greenland in 985?
Erik the Red
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Ragnar Lodbrok
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Roald Amundsen
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Leif Erikson
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18.What Native American civilization began in present-day Southern United States in years around 1000?
Colorado Culture
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Missouri Culture
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Rio Grande Culture
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Mississippi Culture
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19.Who was the first King of Hungary, crowned on 25 December 1000?
Bela
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Peter the Venetian
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Saint Stephen I
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Andrew I
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20.Who was the first European to land in North America around year 1001?
Cnut the Great
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Halard Hardada
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Leif Ericson
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Erik the Red
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21.What epic poem written in England around 1010 tells the story of a Scandinavian hero?
The Canterbury Tales
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The Golden Legend
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The Decameron
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Beowulf
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22.Cnut the Great, who conquered England in 1016 was prince of which country?
Denmark
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Norway
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Iceland
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Sweden
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23.In 1054, the Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Orthodox churches separated from each other. Where are the headquarters of Eastern Orthodox Church?
Constantinople
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St. Petersburg
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Belgrade
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Moscow
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24.In which city was the famous St Mark's Basilica on St Mark's Square rebuilt in 1063?
Siena
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Pisa
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Florence
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Venice
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25.Which French Duke conquered England in the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and became King of England?
William of Normandy
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Alfred the Great
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Charles the Great
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Clovis
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26.The Tower of London in England was founded in 1078. What is the name of its central tower?
Black Tower
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Golden Tower
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White Tower
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Silver Tower
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27.Founded in 1088, which university was established as a center of study in law for students across Europe?
University of Bologna
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University of Coimbra
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University of Padua
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University of Salamaca
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28.Who captured Valencia from the Moors in 1094 and is considered the national hero of Spain?
Hernán Cortes
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El Cid
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El Coco
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Pancho Villa
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29.The earliest initiative for the First Crusade began in 1095 when which Byzantine Emperor requested military support in conflict with the Seljuk-led Turks?
Justinian
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Alexios I Komnenos
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Basil II
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Michael VIII Palaiologos
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30.Which university in England was founded in 1096?
Cambridge
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St. Andrews
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Manchester
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Oxford
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31.The Knights Templars were founded in 1119. Where were their headquarters?
Constantinople
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Paris
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Jerusalem
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Florence
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32.In which part of Paris the construction of medieval Catholic cathedral Notre-Dame began in 1163?
Ile de la Cite
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Saint-Denis
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Ile Saint-Louis
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Nanterre
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33.Who was Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancelor of England, who was murdered in 1170 and later canonized as a martyr?
Thomas More
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Reginald Fitzurse
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Thomas Becket
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Edward Grim
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34.In which region of Italy the construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa started in 1173?
Veneto
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Emilia Romagna
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Umbria
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Tuscany
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35.What empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206?
Chinese Empire
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Tibetan Empire
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Byzantine Empire
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Mongol Empire
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36.What document did the King John sign in 1215 that said the people had rights and that the king was not above the law?
The Liber Instrumentorum
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The Charter of Liberties
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The Constitution
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The Magna Carta
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37.Which city was the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th century until the 16th-century Spanish conquest?
Cusco
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Machu Picchu
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Tikal
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Teotihuacan
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38.Who is the author of the Decameron, the book that has a number of stories and describes life in 14th century Italy?
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
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Dante Alighieri
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Marco Polo
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Giovanni Boccaccio
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39.According to the legend William Tell is a 14th century folk hero from which country?
Germany
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Denmark
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Belgium
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Switzerland
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40.From 1309 to 1376, seven successive popes resided in which French city?
Carcassonne
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Avignon
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Strasbourg
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Troyes
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41.What was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty?
Liao
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Ming
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Qing
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Jin
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42.In which present country did the Battle of Maritsa, when the Serbs were defeated by the Ottomans, take place in 1371?
Albania
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Bulgaria
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Romania
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Greece
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43.Who did the Ottoman Empire fight in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389?
Venice
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Holy Roman Empire
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Hungary
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Serbs
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44.Sir William Wallace died in 1305. He was a legendary Medieval knight of which nation?
Scotland
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Wales
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Ireland
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England
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45.Who did England fight in the Battle of Agincourt in 1413?
Ireland
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Spain
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France
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Denmark
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46.In 1415, who was burned at the stake for heresy against the doctrines of the Catholic Church?
Jan Hus
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Martin Luther
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John Calvin
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Giordano Bruno
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47.Which ruler started the famous navigational school in Lisbon in 1419?
King Ferdinand
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King Charles I
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Prince Henry
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King Henry VII
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48.Where was construction of the Forbidden City completed in 1420?
Athens
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Rome
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Beijing
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Jerusalem
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49.How was Joan of Arc killed in 1431?
Drawn and quartered
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Hung
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Burned alive at the stake
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Executed by guillotine
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50.In which present day country was Machu Picchu constructed in 1450s?