Complete Clue List
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1. Great ___ Revolt, WWI uprising against Ottoman Empire from 1916-1918
5. Last emperor of China, abdicated in 1912 (2,2)
7. Battle of ___ in 1877, a battle of Russo-Turkish War from 1877-78
8. 42nd American president; ___ Clinton
9. The ___ David Accords, political agreements between Egypt and Israel signed in 1978
10. Charge of the ___ Brigade in Battle of Balaclava in Crimean War on 25 Oct 1864
13. Bishop of Rome from 440-461; Pope ___ I aka ___ the Great
15. King of Wessex from 689-726
17. Country annexed by Nazi Germany on 12 Mar 1938
18. Middle Indo-Aryan language used in 3rd century BCE, ancestral Sinhalese and Dhivehi languages
20. 2nd Prime Minister of Georgia from 1918-1921; ___ Zhordania
22. WWII bombing of German industrial town targeted by Allied Force from 1942-1945
25. The ___ March, military retreat by Chinese Red Army from 1934-1935
26. War between ___ and Iraq from 1980-1988
27. 7th UN Secretary-General from 1997-2006; Kofi ___
28. Irish republican and democratic socialist party ___ Fein, founded in 1905
29. Mid-East state ruled by Portuguese Empire for 143 years from 1507-1650
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2. Crossing the ___ by Allied Forces on Mar 1945; WWII
3. Awarded 1st U.S. patent for the telephone on 7 Mar 1876; Alexander Graham ___
4. Chinese paramount leader from 1978-1989; ___ Xiaoping
5. Warsaw ___ founded in 1955, dissolved in 1991
6. Country in civil war started in 2014 between government forces and Houthi rebels
11. Battle of ___ in 333 BC between Alexander the Great and Darius III
12. Secretariat, 1972 ___ of the Year, 9th winner of American Triple Crown
13. Singapore first prime minister from 1959-1990; ___ Kuan Yew
14. Black continent assoc. 1963-2002 (acronym)
15. 8th prime minister of Rhodesia from 1964-1979; ___ Smith
16. Japanese prime minister assassinated on 8 Jul 2022; Shinzo ___
19. 6th century BC Chinese Taoist philosopher, author of "Tao Te Ching"
21. Founder of al-Qaeda killed in 2011; ___ bin Laden
22. Battle of ___ Station, minor skirmish occurred near Schellbourne, Nevada in Aug 1860
23. Chinese imperial dynasty from 960-1279
24. Great Famine of 1876-1878 caused by El ___ event, estimated 19-50 million death