Historic | MCQs

Explanation

Today, Mesopotamia occupies modern Iraq

In the broader sense, the historical region included present-day Iraq

and parts of present-day Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey. 

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Najd and Hejaz is the old name of Saudi Arabia.

New Granda is the old name of Colombia.

'Nippon is the old name of Japan

Explanation

Turkiye became a republic on 29 October 1923.

Mustafa Kamal Ataturk is known as the founder of Republic of Turkey.

Explanation

Gautam Budha was born in 623 BC.

Language of discourse/lectures of Budhha was: Pali 

Gautam Budha was the founder of Buddhism.

Gautam Budha was born in Lumbini, Nepal.

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Prince of Bismarck belonged to Germany, he died in 1898.

Otto von Bismarck was born on April 1, 1815.

Prince of Bismarck  was the Prime minister of Prussia (1862–73, 1873–90)

and founder and first chancellor (1871–90) of the German Empire.

Prince of Bismarck was called the 'Iron Chancellor', a Man of Blood & Iron in World History.

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Byzantium was an ancient Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and Istanbul today

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The German statesman Bismarck  was largely responsible for the creation of the German Empire in 1871.

He was known as the Iron Chancellor.

Explanation

Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea lies between the coast of Greece and Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).

It contains over 2,000 islands which were settled by the ancient Greeks; the largest among them being Crete (Kriti) and the best known and most often photographed Santorini (Thera or Thira)

Area: 214,000 km²

Mean depth: 1,500 m

Islands: Santorini, Chios, Rhodes, Samos, Icaria, Kos, Karpathos,

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A kremlin is found in historic Russian cities. 

It includes five palaces, four cathedrals

It was built between the 14th and 17th centuries 

Since the 13th century, the Kremlin was the Great Prince's residence 

Additional information:

The complex now serves as the official residence of the Russian president 

The name Kremlin means "fortress inside a city"

Explanation

پیسا ٹاور، جھکا ہوا مینار اٹلی میں واقع ہے۔

Explanation

 During the Islamic Golden Age, Baghdad was the primary center of learning and scholarship, particularly with the establishment of the "House of Wisdom"