Kings, Caliphs, Sultans and Chieftains

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1. He was the chieftain of Gaul. He ruled from about 82 BC to 46 BC. He was a very skilled warrior and won countless battles against the Roman Empire. However, he was defeated by Julius Caesar in 46 BC at the Battle of Alesia. Alaric Brennus Vercingetorix Clovis

2. She was the chieftain was of the Celtic Iceni tribe. She led a massive revolt against the Roman oppressors. Unfortunately, she lost her last battle to the Romans and, rather than become a captive, she took her own life. Elizabeth Mjoria Boudicca Vajorib

3. This chieftain led the Senones tribe. He took many areas of land in Germania, Greece, and Asia Minor. He also attacked some parts of the Roman peninsula of Italia and even Rome. Who was he? Vercingetorix William Ragnar Brennus

4. This chieftain led the Helvetii tribe in southwestern Gaul. He took over most of Gaul with cunning, intelligence and stealth. He was later put to death for treason. Orgetorix Vercingetorix Dumnorix Torigoitix

5. This man was the chieftain was that of the Norsemen (Vikings). He said that he was a direct descendant of Odin. He lead many attacks against France, England, and Russia. He started as a jarl at the previous chieftain's court but did not enjoy that, so he killed the chieftain and took the throne. Ragnar Lodbrok William the Heartless Avalar the Boneless Ragnar Wiyverk

6. This Caliph was head of the Hafsid Caliphate of present day Tunisia. He launched a vast building program that supported the artistic and cultural expansion of his Caliphate. Abd al-Aziz Uthman Abu Zakariya Abd al-Aziz II

7. This Caliph was head of the Tahirid Caliphate of Iran. He was a great military tactician and actually in the Abbasids' army. Al-Ma'mun Tahir Ibn Husayn Talha Tahir II

8. This man was king of the Anglo-Saxons. He was king of Wessex. The main thing that this king did was that he created the Dane Law and overcame many challenges. Clovis the Great William the Great Alfred the Great Edmund the Great

9. He was king of the Visigoths. He was betrayed by the untrustworthy Romans and took the jewel of the Roman Empire, Rome itself! Brennus Alaric the Great Orosius Ataulf

10. This man was the chieftain was of Huns. He brought Rome to its knees and was known as "The Scourge of God". Attila Beleda Chinghis Mundzuk

11. This king was of the Vandal tribe of Spain. He was forced into the south of Spain by the Romans but conquered most of Spain and North Africa. Gaiseric Cluric Gunderic Vinthic

12. This Caliph was that of the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus. He was famed for living a modest life style and enforcing the Sharia. Umar Ibn al-Abuss Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz Ibn Abu al-Abasd Harun al-Rashid

13. This Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad led the Abbasids to their Golden Prime. Harun al-Bashid Harun al-Rashid Al-Mansur Umar Ibn Ja'far

14. This Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus is best known for the construction of the "Dome of the Rock" and for the great expansion of the Caliphate. Abu al-Abash Muryanawn I Abd al-Malik Ibn Marwan Abu Ali al-Malikh

15. This "universal ruler" was the leader of the Mongols. He is an outstanding gneral and held the largest land Empire the world has ever seen. It stretched from Korea to Poland. Who was it? Chinghis Khan Timurlane Temujin Attila

16. This Sultan led the Ottoman Turks. He is best known for his conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Suleiman Mehmed Mehmed II Osman

17. This Sultan had the one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen named after him, the Ottomans. Mehmed II Osman III Suleiman Osman I

18. This Sultan led the Ottoman Turks to their greatest Golden Age and prosperity - and to the gates of Vienna. Suleiman the Magnificent Osman III Mehmed II Suyaman II

19. This Shah of the Mughal Empire led the Mughals to their Golden Age and was responsible for their main conquests in Northern India. Barbur Faizel Jalladainn Akbar the Great

20. He was the chieftain of the Almanni tribe of Swabia (roughly SW Germany and Swtizerland). He was one of the fiercest warriors of all time and made sure that his tribe was never conquered taken by the Romans. Who was it? Geiseric Glaseric Gasdic Lorasderic