GK24 2 Flashcards
Who was the first Carolingian king?
Pepin III (Pepin the short—Charlemagne’s father)
What sea is east of the Caspian Sea?
The Aral Sea
During which part of the Middle Ages did the crusades take place?
The High Middle Ages (1000-1300) occurring 1095-1291
In Dune, what is the Landsraad?
The assembly of all the noble houses in the Imperium
Who was the south vietnamese president assassinated while JFK was still president?
Ngo Dinh Diem
In Dune who is Lady Jessica’s father?
The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
What are the hooks that Fremen use to ride sandworms called?
Makerhooks
When was Galen alive?
129-216 AD
87 yrs old
Clovis was a king of which family?
Merovingian
What period of time was The High Middle Ages?
1000-1300
Who is Liet Kynes in Dune?
The Imperial Planetologist of Arrakis
What is this in Dune?
A Guild Navigator (in Dune Messiah - Edric)
Language of Stilgars Fremen tribe in Dune?
Chakobsa
During which years were the Crusades (all)?
1096-1291
Who is the doctor that betrays the Atreides in Dune?
Dr. Wellington Yueh
How did crusaders get to Jerusalem in the First Crusade?
Through Turkey and then Antioch to Jerusalem
What is Paul Atreides’ home world?
Caladan
Name of Paul Atreides son with Chani
Leto II
What is Paul Atreides mother’s name?
Lady Jessica
What was William the Conqueror called before the 1066 Norman Conquest
William the Bastard
The Fremen call Paul Atreides ________ meaning “The Voice from the Outer World”
Lisan al-Gaib
From which house do Shaddam IV and Princess Irulan come from in Dune?
House Corrino
Who was this in Dune?
Rabban (Beast Rabban)
When was the First Crusade?
1096-1099
What year was the Pullman Strike?
1894
What were the 3 main immediate successor states after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
1) Frankish Gaul — first Merovingians then Carolingians
2) Visigothic Spain
3) Lombard Italy
Who do the Bene Tlielax bring back as a ghola in Dune Messiah? Ghola name?
Duncan Idaho; Hayt
What is the concentrated form of spice that Lady Jessica drinks to become a Reverend Mother?
The Water of Life
What are the Padishah Emperors troops called in Dune?
Sardaukar
What was the basic demographic situation in the early, middle, and late Middle Ages?
Early = stagnant
Middle = growth (doubled)
Late = stagnant then decline with plague in 1347
In what century did English parliament start sitting in separate houses (lords and commons)?
14th—1300s
Who is this?
Aleksandr Lukashenko (President of Belarus 2024)
What year was the Ivy Mike thermonuclear test on Eniwetok Atoll?
1953
Which eastern Roman Emperor built the Hagia Sophia?
Justinian
Where was the Umayyad caliphate located?
Damascus, Syria
Who took over after defeating the Umayyad caliphate in 750 AD?
The Abbasids
What is the name of the planet that Dune takes place on?
Arrakis
What did Monophysite Christians believe?
That there was no separation between human and divine in Christ
Who was Charlemagne’s succeeding son?
Louis the Pious
Why did many of the Carolingian rulers have a nickname? ie Charles the bald, Louis the Pious
Because there were a limited number of royal names. Illegitimate children got other names
The March of Dimes was originally created to fund research for which disease?
Polio
Who officially seized the caliphal title from the Abbasids in 1517?
The Ottoman Turks
What did it mean to “give someone the wall” in 19th century England?
To give someone of higher social status the safest place to walk on the street (away from the night soil)
What was the Fremen name for Arrakis?
Dune
The dye industry that Paul Ehrlich entered into when he began dyeing cells began due to what?
The cotton industry; “practical chemistry” existed to dye textiles
During which years was the 100 years war?
1337-1453
Who is the Princess Irulans sister?
Wensicia
Name of the places that the Fremen live?
Sietches
Stilgar is from sietch tabr
This dynasty ruled France from 987-1328
Capetians
In Dune what are the resurrected bodies produced by the Tleilaxu called?
Gholas
During which part of the Middle Ages did the 100 Years War take place?
The Late Middle Ages
What was the most prominent group of pacifists in the colonies at the time of the American Revolution?
Quakers
Who were the American pathologists who examined the survivors of the Ypres mustard gas bombing and identified that they were anemic etc?
Edward and Helen Krumbhaar
Which English king had the Domesday Book undertaken?
William the Conqueror
Who were the claimants to the throne in the Battle of Hastings?
1) Harold Godwinson (England)
2) Harold Hardradda (Norway)
3) William the Bastard (France/Normandy)
What years would be considered “British New York”?
1664-1783
1664: won from the Dutch
1783: American Revolution ends
During the great papal schism, where were the two papacies located?
Avignon and Rome
What is the Bene Gesserit group that sows myths and superstitions in primitive worlds in Dune?
The Missionaria Protectiva
Meaning of the adjective aquiline
Like an eagle (hooked nose)
Where was the Abassid Caliphate based out of?
Baghdad