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• The Middle Ages

What survey of England was ordered by William the Conqueror in 1086?

Answer

Domesday Book

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Middle Ages

Which pope called for the First Crusade in 1095?

Answer

Urban II

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Middle Ages

Which Mongol khanate ruled over Russia for centuries?

Answer

Golden Horde

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Middle Ages

What year did the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa take place?

Answer

1212

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• The Middle Ages

Which female medieval writer authored 'The Book of the City of Ladies'?

Answer

Christine de Pizan

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• The Middle Ages

Which Byzantine emperor commissioned the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople?

Answer

Justinian I

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Middle Ages

Which battle in 732 CE stopped the Islamic expansion into Western Europe?

Answer

Battle of Tours

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Middle Ages

What was the name of the medieval trade federation of Northern European cities?

Answer

Hanseatic League

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• The Middle Ages

Which institution tried and punished heretics in medieval Europe?

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Inquisition

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• The Middle Ages

Which medieval queen of France became Queen of England after her marriage to Henry II?

Answer

Eleanor of Aquitaine

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• The Middle Ages

What was the name of the series of military expeditions to reclaim the Holy Land?

Answer

Crusades

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• The Middle Ages

Which English king led the English army at the Battle of Agincourt?

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Henry V

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