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91. The 'Spanish March' was a buffer zone created by Charlemagne against Muslim Al-Andalus. It later evolved into which Christian kingdom?
92. The 'Babylonian Captivity' of the Papacy (1309-1377) refers to a period when the popes resided in which city, rather than Rome?
93. The 'Golden Horde' was the Mongol khanate that ruled over much of:
94. The 'Bubonic Plague' is estimated to have killed what proportion of Europe's population during the Black Death?
95. The 'Concordat of Worms' (1122) was an agreement that ended the Investiture Controversy between:
96. The 'Dome of the Rock' in Jerusalem was built by which Caliph?
97. The 'Mongol Peace' (Pax Mongolica) refers to a period of relative stability and facilitated trade across:
98. The 'Hundred Years' War' was primarily fought between England and France over control of:
99. The 'Teutonic Knights' were a crusading military order that focused their campaigns on conquering and converting which region?
100. The 'War of the Roses' ended with the victory of Henry Tudor, who became King Henry VII and founded which royal dynasty?
101. The 'Spanish Inquisition' was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile primarily to target:
102. The French Revolution, which began in 1789, is famously associated with the storming of which prison fortress?
103. The Industrial Revolution began primarily in which country in the late 18th century?
104. The 'Scramble for Africa' (1881-1914) was a period of rapid colonization of the African continent by European powers. Which conference formalized the rules for this colonization?
105. World War I was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in which city?
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