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1. 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

2. He made arrangements with Moammar Gaddafi for the trial of the Lockerbie bombers

3. Henry III of Castile sent a famous embassy to this man's capital, after which he referred to Henry as 'his very own son

4. Opposition to him was a key factor in the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, in which he was purged twice

5. It secured its region of Asir following a 1934 war in the Treaty of Taif

6. In 1994, this country's military ruler Sani Abacha ordered the execution of the Ogoni activist and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa

7. This country contests possession of the Halayeb Triangle with its northern neighbor

8. Ali Pasha's loss at the Battle of Lepanto stymied this empire's attempts to keep moving westward

9. 'This country's current prime minister took office in 2007 and soon thereafter issued a formal apology for the 'stolen generations''

10. TheBayon and the Bauphon are among the architectural projects created by this empire, whose firstruler declared independence from the Saliendra dynasty on Java

11. 'Nicknamed 'Burning Spear,' this student of Bronislaw Malinowski was succeeded by Daniel Arap Moi, while his involvement in the Mau Mau rebellion is now doubted by scholars'

12. Its current ruling party, ZANU-PF, recently struck a frequently violated power-sharing deal with Prime Minister Robert Tsvangirai [TCHANG-gir-aye]

13. This man sought to eliminate sparrows in the Four Pests Campaignas part of the Great Leap Forward

14. An offshoot of this city was designed by Edwin Lutyens

15. This dynasty was started by the Hongwu Emperor, who drove the Mongols out of what is now Beijing in 136 Name this dynasty that established the Forbidden City, rebuilt the Great Wall, and ruled during a time when great art was created

16. After an ambassador sent by this man was executed, he invaded the Jin dynasty and won his largest victory at the Battle of Badger Mouth

17. The Battle of Talas River was an Abbasid victory against this empire, ending its domination of Central Asia

18. The last dynasty to use Chang'an as a capital, it supported artists such as the poets Li Po and Du Fu

19. In 2000, the World Jewish Congress launched a lawsuit against Swiss Banks in order to recover this substance

20. UN Security Council Resolution 338 demanded an end to this conflict just 12 hours after it began

21. Operation Cartwheel destroyed its base at Rabaul

22. A person who held this political office was forced to cut short a visit to the ancient ruins in Syracuse in order to go home and visit the modern ruins of a city devastated by Cyclone Tracy

23. Much of this man's finances came from goldmines along the Aroa River, while other aid was provided by Alexandre Petion

24. This man argued for the elevation of the maraji in his book Velayat e-Faqih, and he called for a boycott of Norwuz, which led to the 15 Khordad Demonstrations

25. France did not help this nation in one war because it wanted control of Tunisia under the Treaty of Bardo