* Made famous in the epic poem, Homer's "Iliad", his one weakness is now used to describe any small but potentially fatal flaw.
* This military leader spread Greek culture from his native Macedonia to the Indian subcontinent.
* The Spanish referred to him as El Draque (the Dragon), he was instrumental in annihilating the mighty Spanish Armada and was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
* This failed farmer and businessman found his niche in the military during the American Civil War and quickly rose to the rank of Commander of the Union Armies.
* This Mexican general-turned-dictator cemented his reputation for military ineptitude by squandering his superior forces against a much smaller group of volunteers in an abandoned church near San Antonio in March, 1836.
* Perhaps the only positive result in the disastrous Crimean War was the movement towards treatment of war wounded by this person, the founder of modern nursing:
* He is Japan's greatest naval hero, destroying the mighty Russian Black Fleet in the Straits of Tsushima in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War.
* As Lord of the Admiralty in WWI, this future British leader oversaw the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, costing thousands of lives in a futile attempt to take Turkey out of the war.
* The only WWII personality to make it to the dictionary, this turncoat served Nazi Germany as a puppet-dictator in Norway.
* This recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor later had a successful career as a Hollywood actor.
* What expansionist people defeated the Kingdom of Israel around 722 B.C?
* The most elite fighting unit of what ancient empire's army was known as the 10000 Immortals?
* In the 300's B.C what son of Macedonian king Philip II spread Greek culture throughout the Asian world by conquering territory nearly all the way to the Indian subcontinent?
* What city state did Rome engage the Punic Wars with in the 200's B.C?
* Who engineered the final defeat of Rome in 476 A.D?
* At what French town did the Frankish mayor Charles Martel defeat a Muslim raiding party in 732 A.D?
* During what year did the First Crusaders (untrained peasant farmers mostly) leave for the Holy Land?
* The military feats of Genghis Khan extended well into the 1200's AD with his conquest of much of present day China. What nomadic people did he lead?
* What group of Islamic Turks captured much of the Balkans including the great city of Constantinople?
* What two great European states fought each other during the Hundred Years War?