World History - Study Mode
[#326] When was Constantinople captured by Ottomans?
Correct Answer
(C) 1453
Explanation
Solution: The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading Ottoman army on 29 May 1453.
[#327] Benito Mussolini was a leader of
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(B) Italy
Explanation
Solution: Benito Mussolini was an Italian political leader who became the fascist dictator of Italy from 1925 to 1945.
[#328] When was Han Dynasty established?
Correct Answer
(D) 206 BC
Explanation
Solution: The Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), founded by the peasant rebel leader Liu Bang (known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu), was the second imperial dynasty of China.
[#329] When was 'Hammer of the Witches' published?
Correct Answer
(D) 1487
Explanation
Solution: The Malleus Maleficarum, a Latin book written in 1486 and 1487, is also known as "The Hammer of Witches". This is a translation of the title. Authorship of the book is credited to two German Dominican monks, Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger. It was published in 1487.
[#330] Who was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event?
Correct Answer
(D) Thucydides
Explanation
Solution: Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general. His history of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the deities, as outlined in his introduction to his work.