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World History 8 Crossword Puzzle

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History of the world featuring wars, battles, historical figures and events.
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      1. 1982 war between UK and Argentina
      6. 11th Israeli prime minister Ariel ___ (1928-2014)
      10. 1968 ___ Offensive launched by Vietcong and North Vietnamese army
      11. College founded in 1440 by Henry VI
      12. Caribbean island claimed by Spain 1499
      13. Immigrant clan in Japan founded 2nd century BCE, parent house Qin dynasty
      14. First significant ___ attack occurred at Ypres in Apr 1915
      15. American civil war Confederate general Robert E. ___ (1807-1870)
      16. Colombian author Leszli ___, kidnapped in 1999, held hostage by Colombian guerrillas for 373 days
      17. Battle of ___ from Feb-Mar 1945 in the Philippines
      20. Founded in 1670 as Charles Town in the Bahamas
      24. Russian Bayan cruiser sunk in 1904 Russo-Japanese war, salvaged by Japanese Navy in 1905
      26. First ruler of Rome from 753-716 BCE
      27. Capital city selected after the founding of Republic of China in 1912
      28. Japanese prime minister Shinzo ___, assassinated on 8 Jul 2022
      30. Battle of ___ Island on 8 Jul 1592 between Japan and Korea
      34. 14th Canadian prime minister ___ B. Pearson from 1963-1969
      37. Princess ___ of the UK from 1843-1878
      38. Acronym of American university founded in 1861
      39. Scholar-gentry class of imperial China
      40. First Battle of ___ from 24 Jan 1847 - 1 Feb 1847, Mexican-American War
      42. British prime minister Sir Edward ___ from 1970-1974
      43. Dead Rabbits ___, two-day civil disturbance in New York City on 4-5 Jul 1857
      44. Acronym of British colonial regiment in East Africa (1902-1960s) fought in WWI, WWII
      45. ___ Death March on Apr 1942 in the Philippines
      46. Age of Joan of Arc when she died on 30 May 1431

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      2. Founded in 1830 as Akmola, renamed Nur-Sultan
      3. Second Qing emperor reigning from 1661-1772
      4. 49th U.S. state on 3 Jan 1959
      5. American military leader ___ MacArthur (1880-1964)
      6. USSR paramount leader from 1922-1952
      7. Fought in Peloponnesian War from 431-404 BC against Sparta
      8. Philip Russell ___, 2nd Baron ___, leader of the Liberal Party from 1955-1967
      9. Founded in 1826 as Bytown in Canada
      17. Assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of ___ 44 BC
      18. Battle of the Niemen River on Sep 1920 took place near middle of ___ River
      19. 8th century Indian mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer
      21. Legendary American sharpshooter ___ Oakley (1860-1926)
      22. WWII Battle of ___-Malo fought from 4 Aug-2 Sep 1944 in France
      23. Ferdinand Thomas ___, operations director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Cuban Missile Crisis
      24. 3rd king of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned from the late 10th to early 9th century BCE)
      25. World War ___ 1914-1918
      29. WWII Battle of ___, air battle between RAF and Luftwaffe in 1940
      31. Third Maurya Empire ruler ___ the Great, reigned from 268-232 BCE
      32. Russian city formerly named Kuybyshev founded in 1586
      33. Confederate Army general ___ Bedford Forest, Ku Klux Klan leader from 1867-1869
      34. Tall stone statue ___ Giant Buddha built between 713 and 803 during the Tang dynasty
      35. First solo nonstop transatlantic flight by ___ of St. Louis from Long Island to Paris in 1927
      36. Siege of ___ during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 in South Africa
      41. 14th century Black Death, most fatal pandemic in history caused by Oriental ___ flea