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- 2. A "hunt" in which, contrary to popular belief, no one was ever burned at the stake.
- 4. This country was separated at the 38th Parallel in 1945.
- 6. Are said to have "discovered" North America almost 500 years before Columbus.
- 11. What country started the slave trade?
- 12. A type of wartime conflict characterized by the military blockade of a city in an effort to force surrender.
- 13. The long-debunked theory that held that the Earth was the center of the universe.
- 16. A Gaelic festival that is characterized by wearing masks to ward off evil spirits, considered a precursor to modern day Halloween and the celebration of "the darker half of the year."
- 18. Guiteau, to Garfield.
- 19. An ultimatum issued to the Japanese in 1945 that promised utter destruction unless they surrendered.
- 21. King Philip's naval strategy to invade England, 1588.
- 22. An eruption in 1883 that was so loud, that it was said to rupture eardrums 40 miles away.
- 23. Prior to the War on Terror, this was the longest conflict and proxy war in modern history.
- 26. Colloquial term for a disease that wiped out a significant number of the European population during the Crusades.
- 28. It is said that you cannot walk this battlefield without stepping where a soldier died.
- 29. Inventor of the first automobile (name)
- 30. Cleopatra was a descendent of this heritage.
- 32. Conceptually, he invented the first tank.
- 33. The area of North America said to have been explored by (6-Across)
- 35. The first known civilization.
- 36. A Roman Pagan festival often considered the basis of Christmas when it was co-opted by the Christian faith.
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- 1. Hitler was known for painting these.
- 3. The inventor of the first telephone, 1876.
- 5. A pre-20th century battle strategy designed to maximize combat effectiveness before the advent of modern rifling in firearms.
- 7. What country built the first firearms?
- 8. The most famous last-stand battle site in history, characterized by 300 hoplites and 7,000 foot soldiers.
- 9. Colloquially, the conflict in which so many combatants died that they came to be known as "The Lost Generation."
- 10. Document designed to protect feudal serfs from tyrannical rulers.
- 14. Short Victorian-Era books that often told stories of horror, crime, or adventure.
- 15. (First name) of the White Death, the most deadly sniper in all of history who fought in the Winter War against the USSR.
- 17. Russian mystic who reportedly survived being poisoned, shot, and stabbed numerous times before he was finally drowned in the Volga river.
- 20. Used to store the viscera of the human body after the Egyptian mummification process.
- 24. This system of systemic segregation ended in South Africa in 1994.
- 25. The final battle of the American Revolution.
- 27. Style of battle where combatants are deadlocked for long periods of time, separated by a long field full of barbed wire.
- 31. He was assassinated while viewing a play called "Our American Cousin."
- 34. Credited with inventing the vaccine for Polio.