Theme: Seven Chapters of History (3/7): Empires & Conquests

Meet rulers, conquerors, and turning points that reshaped territories across centuries.

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  1. A term connected to empires & conquests.
  2. Think of chinese dynasty.
  3. The dynasty that first unified China under an emperor in 221 BCE.
  4. The answer starts with Q and has 3 letters.
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Q I N
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The dynasty that first unified China under an emperor in 221 BCE.
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  1. A term connected to empires & conquests.
  2. Think of historic indian capital.
  3. A city that served as the seat of several major Indian powers.
  4. The answer starts with D and has 5 letters.
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D E L H I
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A city that served as the seat of several major Indian powers.
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  1. A term connected to empires & conquests.
  2. Think of norse seafarers.
  3. Scandinavian raiders, traders, and settlers of the Viking Age.
  4. The answer starts with V and has 7 letters.
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V I K I N G S
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Scandinavian raiders, traders, and settlers of the Viking Age.
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  1. A term connected to empires & conquests.
  2. Think of egyptian ruler.
  3. The title commonly given to kings of ancient Egypt.
  4. The answer starts with P and has 7 letters.
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P H A R A O H
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The title commonly given to kings of ancient Egypt.
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  1. A term connected to empires & conquests.
  2. Think of napoleonic defeat.
  3. The 1815 battle that ended Napoleon’s Hundred Days.
  4. The answer starts with W and has 8 letters.
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W A T E R L O O
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The 1815 battle that ended Napoleon’s Hundred Days.
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  1. A term connected to empires & conquests.
  2. Think of macedonian conqueror.
  3. Alexander the Great built an empire stretching from Greece toward India.
  4. The answer starts with A and has 9 letters.
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A L E X A N D E R
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Alexander the Great built an empire stretching from Greece toward India.
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  1. A term connected to empires & conquests.
  2. Think of ancient city.
  3. The settlement later refounded as Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
  4. The answer starts with B and has 9 letters.
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B Y Z A N T I U M
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The settlement later refounded as Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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  1. A term connected to empires & conquests.
  2. Think of french military heroine.
  3. A young French figure of the Hundred Years’ War, later canonized.
  4. The answer starts with J and has 9 letters.
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J O A N O F A R C
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A young French figure of the Hundred Years’ War, later canonized.
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  1. A term connected to empires & conquests.
  2. Think of mongol emperor.
  3. A grandson of Genghis Khan who founded the Yuan dynasty in China.
  4. The answer starts with K and has 10 letters.
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K U B L A I K H A N
Background information
A grandson of Genghis Khan who founded the Yuan dynasty in China.

Empires & Conquests: Did You Know?

A short-lived dynasty
The Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BCE but fell within a few decades.
Waterloo in 1815
Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo by allied forces led by Wellington and Blücher.
A changing capital
Byzantium became Constantinople and later Istanbul.
Joan’s legacy
Joan of Arc was executed in 1431 and canonized in 1920.