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In which Indian city had Shah Jahan built a mausoleum known as Taj Mahal?
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What period of fine art, well known for its grandiosity and exaggeration, started in Italy around 1600?
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Which city in South Africa was founded by the Dutch East India Company in 1652?
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In which city was the Synod of Dutch Reformed Church held in order to end the Arminian Controversy?
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Who was the last Tudor monarch of England, dying in 1603?
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What was the major innovation in firearms, first invented in 1610, which largely replaced wheellock and matchlock weapons?
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What was the overthrow of Catholic James II in favor of Protestant William and Mary popularly known as?
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Which Shakespearean tragedy about a Danish prince was first performed in 1602?
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Which Native American group fought the French in a series of wars, colloquially known as the Beaver Wars, for dominance over the fur trade?
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Which corps of Ottoman soldiers, originally comprised of slaves, imprisoned and executed Sultan Osman II?
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Which astronomer discovered the elliptical nature of the orbits of celestial bodies?
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Which German polymath and philosopher developed calculus independent of Isaac Newton?
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What was the stage name of the comedic French playwright, whose works included The Misanthrope and Tartuffe?
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Which physicist laid the foundations of classical mechanics?
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Which Japanese port city was the location of the final battle of the Japanese wars of unification, and later became a booming center of commerce?
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What was the name of the series of treaties which brought an end to both the Thirty Years War and the Eighty Years War?
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Which dynasty, originally hailing from Manchuria, became the ruling emperors of China in 1644?
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Who was the chief minister of Louis XIII from 1624 to his death in 1642?
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Which Italian violin maker opens a shop at Piazza Roma, prominent craftsmen square in Cremona?
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Which Japanese clan was appointed shogun 1603, after which the family would rule the country for over 200 years?
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In what modern country did the Khmelnytsky Uprising occur?
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Which château became the symbol of the absolutism of the French Monarchy?
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Who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who once famously declared that Boston should be like 'a city upon a hill'?
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Which Jesuit priest, leader of extensive mission into Asia, was canonized in 1622?
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Which ethnic group, who currently inhabit Nigeria, greatly expanded the Oyo Kingdom throughout the century?
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Which Western European city declared itself a republic in 1648, formally breaking ties with the Holy Roman Empire?
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