LouLong
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Ok the quizz has ended, here are the results :
1/ How come England and Scotland became united in 1603 ?
Elizabeth died without heir so her closest parent, James of Scotland became also king of England, therefore uniting the island from the North, thus becoming James the first (in England).
2/ Who was Wallenstein ?
A mercenary general during the 30 years' war. Coming from Bohemia, albeit probably from the German nobility there, he converted to catholicism and provided his army to the Emperor. He proved to be extremly though with the people of the lands on which he fought (war feeds war) and since he tried to organize a centralized government under the rule of the Emperor, the local princes, dukes,... forced to Emperor to got rid of him in 1630 before coming back in 1632 against the protestant Swedish threat.
3/ During the era of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in Britain (Dark Ages), a "wall" was built to protect mostly Mercia from Wales. How was it called ?
Offa's wall, or Offa's dyke.
4/ What is the name of "Louisiane" coming from ?
Simply from the king Louis of France. BTW nice to see a Quebecquois on these boards. They usually know more than us about French history. Name given by the knight de la Salle.
5/ Small Albania broke with the USSR soon after WWII, what other country's communism did it try to follow ?
Not Yugoslavia that was following under Tito its own way but Maoist China. I remember the first tme I went to China some people told me there about their great European partner. It took me a while they were speaking about small, backward Albania lol
6/ Can you name two out of the three "Barabrian" Germanic tribes that controlled at least for a while a part of the Iberian peninsula during the Great Invasions ? Bonus : name the 3.
Strange : I expected Suevi (NW) and Wisigoths but most gave me Wisigoths and the former invaders : the Vandals.
7/ The Greeks had a commercial colony in the Nile delta prior to the Macedonian conquest. What was its name ?
Naucratis. After the conquest of Alexander, Cleomene of Naucratis even became the "regent" in Egypt until Ptolemee came back to make it his own kingdom. As often during Ancient times (up to the Italian merchant colonies (Venice or Genova) they were established as a city with their own rules.
8/ What battle was the last (defeat) stand of Red Indians vs the US army ? Bonus : what weapon enabled the US army to cause an easy massacre ?
Wounded Knee, famous for its ghost dancers and the use of the gatling guns.
9/ What colonia power controlled Ceylan for the longest part of the XVIIth century ? Bonus : from which other power did they took it ?
The Dutch who took it from the Portuguese in 1609. Ceylan is now known as Sri Lanka.
10/ Where was the opium sent to China (cf. the Opium wars) by Britain cultivated ?
India, mostly in the lower Gange valley. It was first produced as an export product to China to get silver that China wanted to get selling tea but did not want to go out by prohibiting imports from the English. Being "illegal" the opium trade allowed to turn the laws.
And the winner is : Serutan ! So that means that is your turn.
1/ How come England and Scotland became united in 1603 ?
Elizabeth died without heir so her closest parent, James of Scotland became also king of England, therefore uniting the island from the North, thus becoming James the first (in England).
2/ Who was Wallenstein ?
A mercenary general during the 30 years' war. Coming from Bohemia, albeit probably from the German nobility there, he converted to catholicism and provided his army to the Emperor. He proved to be extremly though with the people of the lands on which he fought (war feeds war) and since he tried to organize a centralized government under the rule of the Emperor, the local princes, dukes,... forced to Emperor to got rid of him in 1630 before coming back in 1632 against the protestant Swedish threat.
3/ During the era of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in Britain (Dark Ages), a "wall" was built to protect mostly Mercia from Wales. How was it called ?
Offa's wall, or Offa's dyke.
4/ What is the name of "Louisiane" coming from ?
Simply from the king Louis of France. BTW nice to see a Quebecquois on these boards. They usually know more than us about French history. Name given by the knight de la Salle.
5/ Small Albania broke with the USSR soon after WWII, what other country's communism did it try to follow ?
Not Yugoslavia that was following under Tito its own way but Maoist China. I remember the first tme I went to China some people told me there about their great European partner. It took me a while they were speaking about small, backward Albania lol
6/ Can you name two out of the three "Barabrian" Germanic tribes that controlled at least for a while a part of the Iberian peninsula during the Great Invasions ? Bonus : name the 3.
Strange : I expected Suevi (NW) and Wisigoths but most gave me Wisigoths and the former invaders : the Vandals.
7/ The Greeks had a commercial colony in the Nile delta prior to the Macedonian conquest. What was its name ?
Naucratis. After the conquest of Alexander, Cleomene of Naucratis even became the "regent" in Egypt until Ptolemee came back to make it his own kingdom. As often during Ancient times (up to the Italian merchant colonies (Venice or Genova) they were established as a city with their own rules.
8/ What battle was the last (defeat) stand of Red Indians vs the US army ? Bonus : what weapon enabled the US army to cause an easy massacre ?
Wounded Knee, famous for its ghost dancers and the use of the gatling guns.
9/ What colonia power controlled Ceylan for the longest part of the XVIIth century ? Bonus : from which other power did they took it ?
The Dutch who took it from the Portuguese in 1609. Ceylan is now known as Sri Lanka.
10/ Where was the opium sent to China (cf. the Opium wars) by Britain cultivated ?
India, mostly in the lower Gange valley. It was first produced as an export product to China to get silver that China wanted to get selling tea but did not want to go out by prohibiting imports from the English. Being "illegal" the opium trade allowed to turn the laws.
And the winner is : Serutan ! So that means that is your turn.
if no one has no questions to ask, i will give some tomorrow nite
. In between crew, school, NESing, and extra math work I haven't really had the time to update RoTO, 
. Well, many people assume incorrectly that the moon originated with Mohammed to symbolize the lunar calendar, which has led some to claim that Islam descended from pagan moon worship. The reality is far different. In the times of ancient Greece/Rome, Artemis, sister of Apollo and godess of the moon and hunt was one of the chief deities of the tiny city of Byzantium. Even with its change of name and religion, Byzantium/Constantinople retained this connection to its pagan past and the crescent moon and star, representing Artemis, remained one of the chief symbols of Constantinople. Upon conquering it, the Ottomans took it as their own symbol, and after years of fighting the Christian world, the Crescent moon and star became a symbol of Islam. Nowadays you can find it on the flags of many Muslim countries, although most of these are in the former Ottoman domains. Previously, the moon was even used as one of the flags of Richard Cour de Leon.
