Hardest World History Quiz

 

1 - Which was not a Great Khan of Mongolia?

2 - Under which Ottoman sultan were the Janissaries finally abolished in 1826?

3 - What was the last Mongol state to be conquered by a foreign power?

4 - Which of the following lands was not part of Muhammad Ali's Egyptian Empire in the early 19th Century?

5 - What was the old Scottish name for Königsberg?

6 - Which US President was nicknamed 'Old Kinderhook?' His supporters formed 'OK Clubs' and are sometimes credited with the origin of the phrase 'okay.'

7 - What other european language is related to Finnish?

8 - Upon what was the devshirme tax levied by the Ottomans on their Christian Balkan populations?

9 - Which of the following ports was seized by the British in 1839 and eventually became a British colony?

10 - Who was the first woman elected to the British House of Parliament?

11 - Which of these countries was not involved in cracking down on the Boxer Rebellion in China over the turn of the 19th century?

12 - When did Brunei become independent?

13 - What country built the first purpose-built oil tanker in 1886?

14 - Which of the following happened the earliest in the United Kingdom?

15 - Which Mughal Emperor is associated with the ending of accomodation of Hindus into the political system and the attempt to make the Mughal Empire a purely Islamic state in the late 17th century?

16 - Which best represents the order of Muslim dynasties in pre-Modern Egypt (oldest to most recent)

17 - Of what Near Eastern kingdom was the ancient city of Petra, in modern day Jordan, the capital ?

18 - Where was the first British colonial railroad?

19 - From where is the oldest known law code in the Greek world (shown below) originated?

20 - Which modern country did Marco Polo mean with Zipangu?

 

  

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