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History General Knowledge #1: Type-in

Answer 20 easy history general knowledge questions spanning civilizations, places, discoveries, culture, language, food, people, and sport.

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In which year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Empire?	—
Which ancient city’s ruins include the Forum and the House of the Faun?	—
Who proposed the heliocentric model published in On the Revolutions?	—
What event is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry?	—
Which ancient civilization developed cuneiform writing?	—
Which city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?	—
Which city served as the eastern starting point of the ancient Silk Roads?	—
Which empire built Machu Picchu?	—
Who discovered penicillin after observing mould in a bacterial culture?	—
Who painted Guernica in response to the bombing of a Spanish town?	—
Potatoes reached Europe through the Columbian Exchange from which region?	—
Who became the first emperor to unify China?	—
The historic city of Timbuktu lies in which modern country?	—
Which English king sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede?	—
Which language appears on the Rosetta Stone alongside Egyptian scripts?	—
In which city did the Harlem Renaissance flourish?	—
Which region’s civilizations made cacao into important ceremonial drinks?	—
In which year did the Berlin Wall open?	—
Who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?	—
Akbar ruled which empire during the sixteenth century?	—