Quizbowl African/Middle Eastern History II

Names meaning “Ravager of the Lands”

Zimbabwe`

King Lobengula

Zimbabwe

Chimurenga

Zimbabwe

Moffat Treaty

Zimbabwe

Rudd Concession

Zimbabwe

Gukurahundi massacre

Zimbabwe

Ndebele people

Zimbabwe

Selous Scouts

Zimbabwe

Suppiluliuma I

Hittites

Language neshili

Hittites

Ruled Hurrians

Hittites

Sargon the Great

Akkadian Empire

Cursed by Naram-Sin

Akkadian Empire

oldest known Semitic language

Akkadian Empire

Defeated Lullubi people

Akkadian Empire

First known named author

Akkadian Empire

namesake “victory stele”

Akkadian Empire

Urabi Rebellion

Egypt

Al-Walid built city’s Great Mosque

Damascus

Abd al-Rahman fled here

Damascus

Corrupt ruler bathed in pool of wine

Damascus

Etemenanki Temple

Babylon

Taken over by Kassite Dynasty

Babylon

Sacked by Sennacherib

Babylon

Refused ultimatum by Frere

Zulu

Battle of Ulundi

Zulu

Battle of Isandlwana

Zulu

Leader Cetshwayo

Zulu

Treaty of Amasia

Suleiman I

Marriage to Roxelana

Suleiman I

Celali Rebellions

Ottoman Empire

Topkapi Palace

Ottoman Empire

Former capital Edirne

Ottoman Empire

Provinces of Eyalet

Ottoman Empire

Naval captain Hayreddin Barbarossa

Ottoman Empire

Zagwe king Lalibela

Ethiopia

Kebra Nagast

Ethiopia

“The Book of Ingenious Devices”

Baghdad

Firdos Square

Baghdad

“Coalition of the Willing”

Iraq

“Torture Memos”

Iraq

Battle of the Trebia

Hannibal

Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe

Gukurahundi Massacres

Robert Mugabe

Lancaster House Agreement

Robert Mugabe

Mursili I

Hittites

Muwatalli II

Hittites

Telepinu Proclamation

Hittites

Operation Red Wings

Afghanistan

Operation Enduring Freedom

Afghanistan

General China

Mau Mau Uprising

Operation Anvil

Mau Mau Uprising

trial of the Kapenguria Six

Mau Mau Uprising

Swynnerton Plan

Mau Mau Uprising

Happy Valley set aristocrats

Mau Mau Uprising

Prisoners labeled black gray and white

Mau Mau Uprising

Battle of the Saw

Carthage

Majerteen Sultanate

Somalia

ICU

Somalia