History by Picture - M

Sure that's not Midas?

Yeap, and me. Never heard of the answer. Someone wanna save me a trip to google?

Midas was the only thing I could think of.

Gave away somuch gold on a trip north that he devalued it and kicked off a massive recession. The ancient world was mental.

I know rulers like Musa thanks to many years of playing Civilization.

The Midas parable calls into question the concept of "wealthy," so perhaps not the best clue, were it meant to be Midas...

Moops!

It's not Moops, it's Moors. It's obviously a misprint!

Tried moops first. Most quizzes on here where moors is the answer accept moops also. I was severely disappointed that this one didn't as well!

At least there is nothing wrong with your eyesight.

I agree. There are better images of the Alhambra that define moors. I put monks, Mormons, and moors just wasn't on my radar. I think a new image is needed.

I'm curious. What are those better pictures than their capital and symbol of their architecture?

Wonder why the Mongols didn't conquer India. I mean, yeah, history's largest contiguous empire is pretty impressive, but it just seems like India was right there and they kinda skirted around it.

The Mongol Empire launched several invasions into the Indian subcontinent from 1221 to 1327, with many of the later raids made by the unruly Qaraunas of Mongol origin. The Mongols occupied parts of modern Pakistan and other parts of Punjab for decades.

There are definitely other factors, but the wet weather destroyed their bows and made them ineffective. I think there was also the problem of dense vegetation and cavalry. However, a descendant of Timur, of the Timurid Empire, who was himself a descendant of Genghis Khan, went on to found the Mughal Empire in India... so they kind of did XD

Mountains

I was trying Mars for the god

Wings on the hat are the giveaway. Mercury was durn fast.

Totally forgot Mussolini - could only think of Slobodan Milosevic, or Imelda Marcos's husband... oops

Glad to see some new images. I didn't get them all but I hope I will next time.

Mastadon for Mammoth? Midas for Mansa Musa? both of those came to mind first before the actual answer. And Wealthy? I don't think there is any proof that Mansa Musa was the richest man ever. Maybe "alleged" should be added.

Regardless of whether or not Mansa Musa was the richest man in history, he was undeniably very wealthy. The picture is also one of the most common depictions of Mansa Musa and pretty distinctively not Midas.

How is that image representative of Moors? I guessed monks cause it looked like a monastery to me.

If you recognize the Alhambra, it is a pretty obvious connection. It was built by the Nasrids, who were called Moors.

It's their capital and symbol of their architecture. Just because you don't know one of the most iconic buildings in the world doesn't mean it's not representative. Admittedly, it's not THAT known what it looks from the ouside, pictures og the inner courtyards are more common, but still.

I didn't get Mesopotamia because I thought it said 'religion', otherwise I would certainly have got it

Also, for the Roman god, I thought of Mars, then gave up thinking