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  1. 2. Name of eleven kings of Ancient Egypt and one named 'The Great' (8)
  2. 7. Tenth ruler of the Malian Empire based in Timbuktu and reputed to the richest ruler of the Medieval period (4,4)
  3. 9. King of Sparta and leader of 300 Spartans at Thermopylae (8)
  4. 11. City in modern Turkey besieged for many years by a Greek army as recorded by Homer (4)
  5. 12. Mongol ruler who completed the conquest of China becoming the first Yuan emperor. (6,4)
  6. 14. Greek island that was the origin of the Minoan civilisation (5)
  7. 15. Peaceful leader of Indian independence movement (6)
  8. 16. President of the United States during the American Civil War (7)
  9. 18. Process by which European countries occupied and controlled large portions of the world during 17th-20th centuries (11)
  10. 20. Famous monument of the Khmer Civilisation in Cambodia (6,3)
  11. 22. Kingdom that was the original state Alexander the Great
  12. 24. Medieval Islamic general and Sultan of Syria and Egypt who fought Richard the Lionheart (7)
  13. 25. Title that kings of ancient Egypt are better known by. (7)
  14. 26. Major medieval city in southern Africa that has lent its name to the modern country it is now inside (5,8)
  15. 28. First emperor of Rome. (8)
  16. 31. ruler of. (9)
  17. 33. the indigenous population of Australia (10)
  18. 35. Month in which armistice day marks the end of World War One. (8)
  19. 36. German kingdom which would gradually form a united Germany in the Nineteenth Century (7)
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  1. 1. Sporting competition created by ancient Greek city-states as a festival to celebrate Zeus (8)
  2. 3. Last native ruler of the Aztec Empire (9)
  3. 4. King of Wessex (c.847 - 899) who defeated the Viking invasions of England - despite burning some cakes! (6,3,5)
  4. 5. Key naval battle in 1571 where the fleet of the Holy League defeated that of the Ottoman Empire ending its westward expansion. (7)
  5. 6. Capital of the Byzantine Empire (14)
  6. 8. ___ War fought between 1950 and 1953 leading the division of this peninsular into two halves (6)
  7. 10. Nickname for Louis XIV of France (3,4)
  8. 13. Medieval and early modern state in central and western Europe formed of a number of lesser states whose ruler was elected. (4,5,6)
  9. 17. Key leader of Russian revolution in 1917 (5)
  10. 19. Key Civil Rights leader alongside Martin Luther King JR assassinated in 1965 (7,1)
  11. 21. Famous monument built near Agra during the Mughal Empire in 1632 by Shah Jahan. (3,5)
  12. 23. Roman emperor responsible for bringing Britain into the Roman Empire in 43CE (8)
  13. 27. Civilisation which originates from the Yucatan Peninsular of Mexico and Guatemala (5)
  14. 29. Family which produced Emperors of Austria, Austria-Hungary, and Mexico.(8)
  15. 30. First dynasty of Imperial China (3)
  16. 32. famous battle in 1415 between an English army led by Henry V and France (9)
  17. 34. title of military dictators of Japan who ruled in the emperor's name from 1185-1868. (6)