Who's Who Quiz!

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Alright, #6 quiz fr me.

Who are these people? Detailed answers pls (no he's Chinese emperor, he's Indian king stuff). ;)

1) Cambyses II
2) Chandragupta
3) Li Shimin
4) Wang Mang
5) Toghrul Khan
6) Abu Bakar
7) Iskandar Zulkarnain
8) Menes
9) Imhotep
10) Harsha

Good luck, folks! :D
 
Originally posted by kobayashi
Its not fair to ask who Abu Bakar is.
May I inquire why? :confused: I know it's a common Muslim name but why's it a favourite in the first place? Do you know, per chance?
 
Originally posted by Knight-Dragon
Alright, #6 quiz fr me.

Who are these people? Detailed answers pls (no he's Chinese emperor, he's Indian king stuff). ;)

1) Cambyses II-The son of Cyrus-he conqueres egypt
2) Chandragupta-Founder of the Maurya empire
3) Li Shimin
4) Wang Mang
5) Toghrul Khan
6) Abu Bakar-First caliph
7) Iskandar Zulkarnain
8) Menes
9) Imhotep-Arquitect of the first pyramid?
10) Harsha

Good luck, folks! :D


i don´t know the other questions
 
8) Menes - first pharaoh of Egypt
 
1) Cambyses II
Persian king, son of Cyrus the Great, completed conquest of Eygpt circa 525 BC
2) Chandragupta
Created first real Indian empire, defeated forces left by Alexander the Great in India
3) Li Shimin
Son of first Tang Emperor
4) Wang Mang
Founded a dynasty in western Han, circa 9 AD, but it didn't last long
5) Toghrul Khan
Leader of the Keraits, a mongol tribe, and early supporter of Ghengis Khan
6) Abu Bakar
Don't know this guy, sounds Indian
7) Iskandar Zulkarnain
Don't know this dude either
8) Menes
Founder of first dynasty of Eygpt
9) Imhotep
Architect to 3rd Dynasty Pharoah Djoser, designed step Pyramid
10) Harsha
Indian King Harsha was the ruler of a northern India empire that
reached from Magadha to Kashmir
 
Kublai's answers.

"1) Cambyses II-The son of Cyrus-he conqueres egypt"

Correct.

"2) Chandragupta-Founder of the Maurya empire"

Correct.

"6) Abu Bakar-First caliph"

Correct. One of the earliest Companions of the Prophet. I think he's a close relative IIRC.

"9) Imhotep-Arquitect of the first pyramid?"
Yep, correct too. He's one of highest official in the land of Egypt and designed the stepped pyramid. Later on, the bigger pyramids would be based on his original design IIRC but on a grander scale.
 
AoA's answers.

"1) Cambyses II
Persian king, son of Cyrus the Great, completed conquest of Eygpt circa 525 BC"

Correct.

"2) Chandragupta
Created first real Indian empire, defeated forces left by Alexander the Great in India"

Correct. I am surprised ppl actually know about him ....

"3) Li Shimin
Son of first Tang Emperor"

Correct. Actually it was believed he's the one who pushed his father to fight it out with other contenders for the imperial throne (it was after the Sui had fallen apart). He would help his father conquer the empire during the rise of the Tang.

Later, Li Shimin would fall out with his brothers and then got them killed. And forced his father off the throne and assumed power himself as the emperor Tang Taizong. Despite this, IMHO, I believe he was one of the greatest emperors China ever had.

He pushed Tang power all the way to the Hindu Kush (there're princes in India swearing allegiance to him). the archetype warrior-king with a more than a fair share of scholarly flair. Left a great empire for the Tang to inherit.

"4) Wang Mang
Founded a dynasty in western Han, circa 9 AD, but it didn't last long"

Yep. It's the Hsin (Xin) dynasty and cut the Han dynastic period into two. The Communist believed he was the first communist cos of his socialist policies. Basically Wang Mang believed the power of the state would come fr the well-being of the peasants. Unfortunately he and his policies were too advanced for his time (loans to peasants, state granaries etc), so he couldn't make much headway .... Some of his ideas who would be adopted as common practise later on.

"5) Toghrul Khan
Leader of the Keraits, a mongol tribe, and early supporter of Ghengis Khan"

Correct too, he's the adopted 'father' of Genghis Khan. Support GK in his early rise (to help himself as well), later found him too strong and tried to destroy him. Got destroyed instead. You know nomadic politics.

"6) Abu Bakar
Don't know this guy, sounds Indian"

Arab.

"8) Menes
Founder of first dynasty of Eygpt"

Yep.

"9) Imhotep
Architect to 3rd Dynasty Pharoah Djoser, designed step Pyramid"

Yep.

"10) Harsha
Indian King Harsha was the ruler of a northern India empire that
reached from Magadha to Kashmir"

He was the ruler of the last native Indian empire. After his time, it would be the foreign Islamic Delhi Sultanate and the Moghuls and then the British who would rule a major part of India.
 
Clue about 7) Iskandar Zulkarnain. Actually this is what the Arabs called him (he's quite popular with later days Arabs). His standard Western term would probably be very well-known. ;) I am sure you all actually know of him .....

2nd clue - He's Greek, sort of.
 
Originally posted by Knight-Dragon
May I inquire why? :confused: I know it's a common Muslim name but why's it a favourite in the first place? Do you know, per chance?

Being ignorant about arabic history, I though you were referring to a semi-famous sultan from Johor who died early last century. Several things like a palace, museum, mosque and road are named after the guy.

Iskandar Zulkarnain is A the G
 
May I ask what IMHO and IIRC mean ? :confused: I know I am ignorant. I just don't want to remain ignorant...;)
 
Originally posted by kobayashi
Being ignorant about arabic history, I though you were referring to a semi-famous sultan from Johor who died early last century. Several things like a palace, museum, mosque and road are named after the guy.

Iskandar Zulkarnain is A the G
I am from Johor, my hometown is Johor Bahru. Yes, I am very much aware of Sultan Abu Bakar. He's known as the Father of Modern Johor locally. Founded an administration along European lines, a postal service etc etc. In short, a moderniser. As a result of his policies, Johor is today the most powerful of the Malay states. Historically, Johor was also the most independent of all the states of British Malaya with wide powers in its own internal administration. Johor was the last Malay sultanate to join British Malaya in 1914 IIRC. The Sultan was also a penpal of Queen Victoria. We had to learn all this stuff in school ......

Yep, you're right for 7), Iskandar Zulkarnain is the A of G. I wonder who else can guess it. Let's keep it betw us for now .....

IMHO mean 'in my humble/honest opinion'. IIRC means 'if I recall correctly'. Don't worry bout ignorance, I learnt these terms on these selfsame forums ...... And got called scallywags or something ..... but I won't call you names. :) At least not right up to your face. :D
 
Alright, for 7), actually Iskandar Zulkarnain is the term the Arabs called Alexander the Great. Bet you have heard of it. ;)
Means Alexander the Two-Horned IIRC. The two horns refer to his helmet which has two horns I think.
 
Originally posted by Knight-Dragon
Alright, for 7), actually Iskandar Zulkarnain is the term the Arabs called Alexander the Great. Bet you have heard of it. ;)
Means Alexander the Two-Horned IIRC. The two horns refer to his helmet which has two horns I think.

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