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1. The founding of the MughalEmpire is sometimes dated to Babur's taking of this city after the First Battle of Panipat, when he defeatedthe Lodi Dynasty of this city's namesake Sultanate

2. Its founder overthrew the Nanda dynasty in 322 BCE, two years before his son Bindusara was born

3. Frederick Lugard laid out the British principles of indirect rule in this modern-day country, where he served as High Commissioner for its northern part

4. A 1935 uprising in this country was led by Plinio Salgado and a group of green-shirted fascists known as the Integralists

5. After witnessing atrocities committed in his name during his conquest of the Kalinga Kingdom, this ruler converted to Buddhism

6. The Castle Hill rebellion occurred in this eventual country, where another rebel distributed large quantities of illegally-shipped rum to the populace

7. A prominent monument in this nation, the Marble Arch, was demolished in the 1970's

8. In its southwest is a vast, nearly treeless area known as the Nullarbor Plain

9. 'A famous ruler of this empire commissioned the architect al-Sahili to build the Djinguereber ('djin-gu-reber') Mosque and the University of Sankore'

10. This country's first ruler won a battle in 1930, defeating the Ikhwan militia who had helped him capture the Hejaz

11. One ruler of this empire took Inari Kunate as his senior wife

12. 'He was president of the short-lived Gran Colombia and it was in Caracas that he got his nickname, 'El Libertador''

13. Runaway slaves in this country fought the Maroon Wars

14. This man's younger brother, Arigboge, tried to replace him when their older brother, Mongke, died

15. One civilization once located in this present-day nation was ruled by the king Osei Tutu. That civilization later waged a series of wars against Britain under Garnet Wolseley and abandoned their capital city of Kumasi

16. 'A colonel fighting for the government of this country during its civil war was nicknamed the 'Black Scorpion''

17. This country's Patria Vieja period of independence was ended at the Disaster of Rancagua

18. Operation Cartwheel destroyed its base at Rabaul

19. One of the first independence movements in South America began in what is now this country when residents overthrew the viceroy Cisneros

20. This empire was founded by Babur and reached its greatest height under the rule of Akbar

21. Upon entering Trujillo, this man gave the Decree of War to the Death, and he had earlier been victorious at the Battle of Cucuta during the Admirable Campaign

22. The last Spanish viceroyalty established in South America contained land now mostly in this country

23. The Parthians forced this substance into the dead or dying mouth of the losing commander at Carrhae, former triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus, to mock his high social standing

24. that event also included the murder of Dedan Kimathi

25. Eventually toppled by the rebellion of Lĭ Zì·chéng, it had experienced a second founding under Yong·lè following the coup against Jiàn·wén and the death of the founder, Zhū Yuán·zhāng, the Hóng·wu Emperor who led the Red Turban rebellion