It was Khosrau II (Chosroes II) who expanded the Sassanid empire but overextented his army by besieging Constantinople(today:istanbul) and found himself trapped when Heraclius left the empire's capital and counter-attacked from the rear (Black Sea).
Q: Which treaty established the partition of Charlemagne's empire into three independent kingdoms, one of which was France?
Ques: Which Gallic chieftain sacked rome around 390 BC and is famous for the quote Vae victis (woe to the vanquished)
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Q: Which two Mughal nobleman, hint both Viceroys, invited the Persian Nadir Shah Afshar to invade India to ensure that the Mughal empire did not fall to the Marathas?
"Who are the rulers of the lands beyond Guraiz and Burzil? The Darada Rajas."
The Rajatarangini
@darkness, first colony in the Americas to gain independence from Europe was Haiti, it was a slave rebellion against the French. anyway, continue, I don't have Darad's answer.
@Bharat
Check your facts yaar, The USA gained its independence in 1776, Haiti did so in 1804. Youve been hanging out with too many Afrocentric Kaalus......
"Who are the rulers of the lands beyond Guraiz and Burzil? The Darada Rajas."
The Rajatarangini
I guess I'll have to answer them myself. The two traitorous Mughal nobles (just calling em Mughal cus tehy worked for em, they werent from the blood of Babur and Taimur)were Asaf Jah Nizam-ul-Mulk, viceroy of the Deccan and the Viceroy of Avadh.
Q: Which Ottoman Emperor banned the wearing of turbans and replaced them with the stylish Fez hats that became the national headress of the Ottoman Empire?
"Who are the rulers of the lands beyond Guraiz and Burzil? The Darada Rajas."
The Rajatarangini
OK that question was a hard one. The Kingdom was Eithiopia and the General and Eithiopian Governor of Southern Arabia was Abraha. His army was stricken by smallpox on the way to Mecca and once he reached Mecca the white elephant he was riding refused to walk through the gates. taking this as a sign that God was on their side the Meccans attacked and wiped out Abraha's army.
Heres an easy question.
Q: Which Egyptian Pharoah built the Great Pyramid?
"Who are the rulers of the lands beyond Guraiz and Burzil? The Darada Rajas."
The Rajatarangini
I could have answered the Ethiopian one, not the general part, but as a guy looking into the Rastafari faith, study of Haile Selassie and ancient African Judeo-Christian tradition is a must.
As for this, Ramses II?
Question: How many Apollo missions were originally planned?
Hi Darada Raja.
You 've made a mistake Alexander was Greek ,from the Greek region of Macedonia.The state today known as Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia is populated by slavs wich arrived in the Balcanic Penisula after the 7th century AD, so that makes impossible the theory that Alexander the Great was Slav-macedonian!the modern F.Y.R.O.M. state is populated by a majority of Slavs and big minority of Albanians(among other minorities).the only common thing between the Current abbitants of F.Y.R.O.M and the ancient Macedonic kingdom is that F.Y.R.O.M is situated in the northern territories of the ancient Hellenic Macedonian kingdom(the only Macedonian kingdom that existed).
Is sad to notice a person with historic preparation,as yours,falls victom of propaganda but on the other hand i can understand the lack of information because ,as everyone we are interested in History of our counrty-region.
By the way nice game!
Yeah I agree, Alexander was Greek, but just a different type of Greek to the Southern Greeks. He was definately not Slavic, so he then must be Greek. I have just read a few articles by FYROM historians who claim he was one of them, but he definately wasnt.
"Who are the rulers of the lands beyond Guraiz and Burzil? The Darada Rajas."
The Rajatarangini
There were 11 manned flights, 2 unmanned flights and a halfway flight when three astronauts were killed when a fire broke out during a launch pad test. There were three planned flights that were cancelled. So it could be any of these 14,16 and 17 depending on what combinations you choose.
As to my question......
What did Abu 'Afak say(I want it exactly) and how did it lead to his assassination in the year 622AD? Also what was his age?
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I'm not 100% sure, but I think these are the translated words by Timur:
"My principal object in coming to Hindustan… has been to accomplish two things. The first was to war with the infidels, the enemies of the Mohammadan religion; and by this religious warfare to acquire some claim to reward in the life to come. The other was… that the army of Islam might gain something by plundering the wealth and valuables of the infidels: plunder in war is as lawful as their mothers’ milk to Musalmans who war for their faith."
Ironically, his war against infedels got lots of muslims of delhi killed too....
Q: Mysore (Tipu Sultan) contributed how many warships to USA to aid their war of independance?
@ Darda_raja,
China has been using rocketry before 300BCE, but India also does have a long history of rocketry. Unlike china, actual artifacts haven't been found, but we have mentions of them in many texts like arthashastra...
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17th century India, The Masters of the Oceans...
Amenophis was his name in the beginning of his reign, but he later became Akhenaton. He banned the Ancient Egyptian relgion and declared that onlt the Sun should be worshipped as the one true God. Tutankhamun's original name was Tutankhaton, after Aton the sun God, but when he became Pharoah he reestablished the old religion and changed the Aton part of his name to Amun, the Thebean God of the Wind. who together with another diety Re, formed the God Amun-Ra.
"Who are the rulers of the lands beyond Guraiz and Burzil? The Darada Rajas."
The Rajatarangini
Yes was Freybrg but he was from New Zealand(eccept if you mean that he was from Commomnwelath).
As for Stalingrad the day was 31/1/43 although some units fought until 3/2.
My question which naval battle(place date) confirmed the Hellenic revomution against the Ottoman empire?(by the way was Anglo/French/Ryssian vs Ottoman'empire fleet)
Answer
On 20th October 1827 an Allied fleet of British, French and Russian ships defeated a joint Ottoman Turkish and Egyptian fleet in a 4 hour clash at the battle of Navarino.
Question
In Anglo/Indian history who was the first man to coin the phrase THE GREAT GAME, and what was his ultimate fate.
The Great Game is a term, usually attributed to Arthur Connolly, used to describe the rivalry and strategic conflict between the British Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia. The term was later popularized by British novelist Rudyard Kipling in his work, Kim. In Russia the same rivalry and strategic conflict was known as the Tournament of Shadows (Турниры теней). The classic Great Game period is generally regarded as running from approximately 1813 to the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907. Following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 a second less intensive phase followed. 1848 Map of Persian and Afghanistan 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday Arthur Connolly was a British captain who worked for the British East India Company. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... Tsar (Bulgarian цар, Russian царь, listen; often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Rudyard Kipling, British author Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... This article is about the novel by Rudyard Kipling. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Arthur Connolly (died 1842 Bukhara) was a British captain of the Sixth Bengal Light Cavalry, who worked for the British East India Company. He coined the term The Great Game to describe the struggle between the British Empire and Russia for domination over Central Asia, and participated in many reconnaisance missions into Central Asia. Often travelling in disguise, he used the name "Khan Ali" in a word-play on his true name.
Captured on a rescue mission to free fellow British officer Colonel Charles Stoddart, he was executed by the Emir of Bukhara, Nasrullah Khan in 1842 on the charge of spying for the British Empire.
Q : In wich Turkish city did the Swedish King Charles XII live in a virtual "house-arrest" for about six years?
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Q: Which Chinese (Qin) Emperor ordered the construction of the Great Wal of China?
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Qin Emperor, some 2000 years ago
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I beg your pardon Sir there was no question before what?
Only one question mark constated so far:
isn't that a trick question?.....
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WTH is this a question?
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Q : In wich Turkish city did the Swedish King Charles XII live in a virtual "house-arrest" for about six years?
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You know what? HBN is a life-long professor of Google University
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Theres nothing like the GOOGLE University LOL
250 BCE
This treatise on government is said to have been written by the prime minister of India's first great emperor, Chandragupta Maurya. Although often compared to Machiavelli's Prince because of its sometimes ruthless approach to practical politics, Kautilya's work is far more varied--and entertaining--than usual accounts of it indicate. He mixes the harsh pragmatism for which he is famed with compassion for the poor, for slaves, and for women. He reveals the imagination of a romancer in imagining all manner of scenarios which can hardly have been commonplace in real life.
The Institution of Spies
One of the most notorious features of the Arthashastra is its obsession with spying on the king's subjects. Kautilya sometimes goes to amusingly absurd lengths to imagine various sorts of spies. He even cynically proposes using fake holy men for this purpose.
Me. I said that right now. Also Arnold Schwarzenegger said that.
Question: A Persian king Yazdgard had a daughter called Sherbanu. He lost his kingdom but my qustion is about what happened to his daughter. What was she doing at the age of three? State where she was and how she got there. what duties she had to perform in her occupation. i.e. If she was a cook, state who introduced her to culinary, who she cooked for, what she cooked, how many times a day she cooked etc.
Better yet just give a day to day routine you think she would have followed.
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"Do not weep, do not announce my death. Beat the drum, blow the horn, wave the flag for advance. We are still fighting. Finish the enemy to the last one." - Admiral Yi Sun-shin, November 19, 1598
A: Bencivieni di Pepo
Q: what was the Japanese currency before the Yen ?
Don't try this at home lads
quoted from panda:
"Of course we knew it would be a tuff fight. The little Viets are our tiny cousins. They are practically Chinese but only much shorter."
"Everyone has the jitters, seeing objects swimming about at night, and hearing movements on ships' bottoms. It must stop!"- Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander in Chief of Britain's Mediterranean Fleet
Q!: Which battle did Admiral Yi sun-shin defeat invading Japanese fleet to Korea. (the biggest and the most successful one)
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Meiji Emperor
Emperor my ass, only empire of great size has a emperor, the rest could only be called Kings. And there is a great difference between emperor and king.
A. Battle of Hansando
Q. Where did Sultan Suluyman the Magnificent (or law giver) deafeated the remaining Knights Templars from Order of Saint John(legacy of the crusades)?
"Let them hate us, so long as they fear us" - Caligua
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Royal blade (Login Royalkukhri) Satyameva Jayate(India)
Re: Historical Trivia game...
July 27 2005, 6:40 AM
Q: Vietnamese army under the leadership of which brilliant military stratagist defeated the two sucessive mongol invasions?
Royal blade (Login Royalkukhri) Satyameva Jayate(India)
Re: Historical Trivia game...
July 27 2005, 6:51 AM
Q: what is the name of that historic battle in which the Assamese under the leadership of a brilliant Ahom general Lachit Barphukan desicivley defeated the superior Mughal army?.
then ignore it, just answer my question, because I anserwed the previous one, at least I am playing by the rules:
A. Battle of Hansando
Q. Where did Sultan Suluyman the Magnificent (or law giver) deafeated the remaining Knights Templars from Order of Saint John(legacy of the crusades)?
"Let them hate us, so long as they fear us" - Caligua
Suleiman the maginficent first anhhilated the Knghts Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem at Rhodes and then they moved to Malta where he attacked them again but did not defeat them.
Q: under which Mongol Dynasty was Buddhism briefly decalred the official religion of Iran?
"Who are the rulers of the lands beyond Guraiz and Burzil? The Darada Rajas."
The Rajatarangini
New question: Who was Kwame Nkrumah? , which country did he rule ? and when did his country gain independance?
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Go to Google
In the box type "French military victories"
and click on Iam feeling lucky. Then laugh your ass off.
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Now repeat this action but instead of French Military defeats type "miserable failure".
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Not for Arabs.
Repeat this action but this time type "Arabian Gulf" in the box.
New Question: A legendary figure for his work rescuing Hungarian Jews during World War II (1939-1945) and placing them in safe houses that were flying the neutral Swedish flag was .....??
"H GENIA PU THA XEXASEI THN ISTORIA MAS THA EINAI KAI H TELEYTAIA"
"MONAXH ENNOIA H GLWSSA MU STIS AMMOUDIES TOU OMHROU"
"A Question: Who was the one who truly deafeated Napoleon in Vaterloo battle?"
Over 100 posts and no attempts to flame and then you turn up with this silly arse question.
This isn't about your opinion, you need to ask a question that has an answer not ask a question that can only be answered if someone thinks the same way as you.
i am afraid u are the one trying to flame here! my post was addressing to everyone who knows history! If u read many books about napoleon u will see that the one who truly defeated him was Blucher and not as u want to beleive Wellington.
If u read world history and not British u will also see that Wellington was declared the worst prime minister ever although he was buried as a national hero by his compatriots.
When refering to waterloo battle history books say the BIG LOSER(NAPOLEON) AND THE SMALL WINNER (WELLINGTON).
This is an ecxellent post and we shouldn't try to destroy it!
Keep on with the subject please.
"H GENIA PU THA XEXASEI THN ISTORIA MAS THA EINAI KAI H TELEYTAIA"
"MONAXH ENNOIA H GLWSSA MU STIS AMMOUDIES TOU OMHROU"
New Question: After surviving the WW1 Others suffered the lasting effects of what in those days was called shell shock its a psychological affliction that prevents a successful adaptation to civilian life. How is tis phenomenon labeled today?
"H GENIA PU THA XEXASEI THN ISTORIA MAS THA EINAI KAI H TELEYTAIA"
"MONAXH ENNOIA H GLWSSA MU STIS AMMOUDIES TOU OMHROU"
Technically the USS Cairo, an ironclad sunk while navigating a channel of torpedos (mines) in 1862.
The first self-propelled/automatic torpedo sunk the Turkish vessel Intibah in 1877.
Next Question: During the Winter War (Finland-USSR, Winter 1939-40), on a daily basis, how many Russians were killed per Finnish casuality? (expressed as a ratio)
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Izmir(Smyrna) was never given to Greece in any treaty, though the Sevres treaty gave Greece some rights over the city it was still left under Turkish domination;
Quote:THE TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE ALLIED AND ASSOCIATED POWERS AND TURKEY SIGNED AT SÈVRES (AUGUST 10, 1920)
SECTION IV.
SMYRNA.
ARTICLE 69.
The city of Smyrna and the territory defined in Article 66 remain under Turkish sovereignty. Turkey, however, transfers to the Greek Government the exercise of her rights of sovereignty over the city of Smyrna and the said territory. In witness of such sovereignty the Turkish flag shall remain permanently hoisted over an outer fort in the town of Smyrna. The fort will be designated by the Principal Allied Powers.
But the Sevres Treaty NEVER entered force so Greece was given no legal say over Izmir.
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Next Question;
What were the names of the 2 famous German ships that after being trapped in the eastern Mediterranean entered Istanbul during WW1?
Hint:The arrival of the 2 ships in Istanbul would officially mean that the Ottoman Empire had entered WW1 on the side of the Central Powers.
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They dance tsifte-teli, sit on lounges, drink coffee & ouzo and eat feta, doner, dolmades, baklava, mezes, tzatziki, imam-baildi, souvlaki, moussakas etc.
Well,
GOEBEN in Turkish service "Yavuz Sultan Salim"a Battlecruiser and BRESLAU in Turkish service "Midili" a light cruiser.By the way this"trip"through West and Central Med. ,which was almost nder complete British control caused an earthquake in Admiralty.
Q.When Turkey entered WW2(side and name a battle in which Turkish forces took part)?
Maybe hard question or noone is interasred any more.
The answer.Turkey declared war to Germany and Japan on April 1945 and Turkey armed forces didn't took part in any battle during WW2.
"Q; Which drink that arrived in Europe after the siege of Vienna was considered an infidel(evil) drink by the Vatican?"
I believe it was coffee....
Q: Which Roman emperor liked to torture flies?
La Repubblica Ragusana - La quinta repubblica marittrima! Italia triumphs again! "When valour takes the field, short will the conflict be; Barbarian rage shall yield the palm to Italy. The vital spark remains, and Roman blood still warms Italians' veins."
- Petrarch
Everything that Islam has achieved in victories
and culture was in the germinal stage in
the first twenty years of the message.
Before they conquered the lands,
the Arabs had conquered themselves and
penetrated into the innermost of their souls
Before they governed nations, they governed
themselves and controlled their passions
and were in possession of their wills.
(In memory of the Arab Prophet,
by Michel Aflaq 1 -April, 1943)
ht*p://public.vunet.org/Iraq/9-Ilham_Al_Madfaee_-_Khuttar.mp3 http://www.libyana.org/music/badya/badya-1/track3.rm http://www.al-ahwaz.com/arabic/media/sound/ahwaz_national_anth.wma
h*tp://arabicouds.com/audio/farido1.mp3
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"Giati eiste polloi kai eimaste ligoi,
giait eiste plousioi kai eimaste ftwxoi,
nomisate pws auto to kalokairi to xasame
nomisate pws ton xasame touto ton xrono
nomisate pws tous xasame tousous aiwnes mas
pws xasame , thn mnhmh mas ,tis rizes mas , tin psixi mas.
Ekeina ta skylia pu ferate mazi sas,
gia na osmizodai me ta rinxoi tous
tis leuterias tis pathmasies,
tha ta parete kai tha fyegete,
ekeines tis kokkines maties troumou ,
pu skorpisate stis nixtes mas ,
kai ta megala sas onomata
kai ta megala sas vaporia ,
kai tin mikri
-midaminh- sas gennaiotita
tha thn parete kai tha fygete.
edw tha meinei mono etouto to karavi ,
to skarwmeno apo
petra kai xwma kai antrwpous..
"kypriaki sumfwnia 1956"
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When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to the twilight world of change and decay, it can only form opinions, its vision is confused and its beliefs shifting, and it seems to lack intelligence. (Plato, Republic)
ANSWER: firt roman emperor was AUGUSTUS 63 bc, 14 ad!
next question : The meaning of the word EGYPT! ( kapamonimos this one is for you! )
cheers,
geo
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gia na tin paroun ston omo kai na figoun
mhte boroun, oso k an einai dipsasmenoi
na glikanoun to pelago me nero miso drami."
Fwni kyriou epi twn ydatwn.
Nisos tis esti.
Salamina, kypros, noevris '53
SeferiS.
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When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to the twilight world of change and decay, it can only form opinions, its vision is confused and its beliefs shifting, and it seems to lack intelligence. (Plato, Republic)
Was it Rajendra Chola?And i dont know ween,LOL(didnt google)
WHo were the leaders at the Battle of Teutenberger forest,and who won?
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Re: Historical Trivia game...
August 22 2007, 7:08 AM
very interesting thread !!!!
Oberst-Phitler asked:
"Which is the oldest national flag still in existence?"
noone aswered this interesting question ?????
I'd like to know the answer !! Does anyone have the answer ??
The Oldest of all flags has to be the Dhwaja (meaning 'Victory banner' in most Indian languages). It is characteristically triangular and is usually made of colors that represent 'Fire'(Orange, yellow, or red). It then has symbol(s) inside to represent its kingdom, monarch, or people.
It can still be found on most Temple stambhas.
It was carried by Hanuman to represent Ram's Suryavanshi Ayodhya and the victorious forces that went to defeat Ravana.
It has been adapted and used by Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain kingdoms ever since.
To give you a clue he is a senior member of WAFF with the initials B A!
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