Quizbowl African/Middle Eastern History I

Golden Stool

Ashanti Empire

Kumasi

Ashanti Empire

Osei Tutu

Ashanti Empire

King Prempeh

Ashanti Empire

King Bonsu

Ashanti Empire

Mansa Musa

Mali Empire

Gbara military

Mali Empire

“Carriers of the Quiver”

Mali Empire

Griots

Mali Empire

Sankore University

Mali Empire

“Twelve doors”

Mali Empire

Kouroukan Fouga

Mali Empire

Sunni Ali

Songhai Empire

Salt mines

Songhai Empire

“The Forceful One”

Songhai Empire

Dismantled by Morocco

Songhai Empire

First emperor drowned in river

Songhai Empire

Ramses II (the Great)

New Kingdom

Senusret III

Middle Kingdom

Reconquered Nubia and Palestine

Middle Kingdom

al-Azhar University

Cairo

Fatimid Caliphate

Cairo

Formerly named Basutoland

Lesotho

Dome of the Rock

Umayyad Caliphate

Great Mosque of Cordoba

Umayyad Caliphate

Battle of Tours

Umayyad Caliphate

Lost Battle of Zab

Umayyad Caliphate

Ghaznavids

Abbasid Caliphate

Barmakid family

Abbasid Caliphate

“Book of Ingenious Devices”

Abbasid Caliphate

Vassal of Buyids

Abbasid Caliphate

Won Battle of Zab

Abbasid Caliphate

Cyrus the Great

Achaemenid Empire

Xerxes I

Achaemenid Empire

Darius I

Achaemenid Empire

Cambyses II

Achaemenid Empire

capital of Ctesiphon

Parthian Empire

Battle of Carrhae

Parthian Empire

Antonine Plague

Parthian Empire

Mutesa II

Uganda

Kitara Empire

Uganda

Luwero War

Uganda

Nineveh (capital)

Assyria

Palace of Sennacherib

Nineveh

Black Obeslisk of Calah

Nineveh

Torch Commando

South Africa

Mfecane forced dispersal

Zulu

Massacred party of Piet Reitief

Zulu

George Biggar killed by

Zulu

Leader = Shaka

Zulu

Sharpeville Massacre

South Africa

Samora Machel

Mozambique

1975 independence by FRELIMO party

Mozambique

Afonso Dhlakama

Mozambique

1980’s Civil War w/ RENAMO

Mozambique

Tigranes the Great

Armenia

St. Gregory the Illuminator

Armenia

King Ashot III the Merciful

Armenia

Bagratid Dynasty

Armenia

“Era of the Princes”

Ethiopia

Mengitsu

Ethiopia

Tafari Benti

Ethiopia

Battle of Adwa

Ethiopia

Ogaden War

Ethiopia

Welwel Oasis

Ethiopia

Imerina Kingdom

Madagascar

Zanahary

Madagascar

Andriamanelo

Madagascar

Vazimba

Madagascar

Golden Gate Palace

Baghdad

Rivers ran black

Baghdad

Construction w/ favored star alignments

Baghdad

Al-Mutanabbi

Baghdad

Namesake pact, joining UK to CENTO

Iraq

PM Balewa

Nigeria

War here started “Doctors without Borders”

Nigeria

Rolf Steiner trained military

Biafra

Fought by “Black Scorpion”

Biafra

Colonel Olusegun Obasanjo

Biafra

Enugu capital

Biafra

coup by memorandum

Turkey

General Gursel

Turkey

22 muslim and non-muslim kings

Ghana

“Book of Highways and Empires”

Ghana

Cisse Dynasty

Ghana

Sosso

Ghana

Soninke

Ghana

Koumbi Saleh

Ghana

King Matinu

Phonecia

King Ahiram

Phonecia

Arwad city-state

Phonecia

Ahiram Sarcophagus

Phonecia

Murex sea snails to make purple dye

Phonecia

Temple of Melqart

Phonecia

Battle of Trevia

Carthage

Battle of Cannae

Carthage

Mercenary War

Carthage

Hanno the Navigator

Carthage