Learn Historical Rare Points about world History

121.Who was, the first woman, to win a Nobel Prize ,in Literature,?

Ans. “Selma Lagerlöf-in 1909”..

 

122.What was, the name, of the ancient civilization, Well- known, for its city-states, as Athens, and Sparta,?

Ans. “Ancient Greece”..

 

123.Who was, the first woman, to serve, as Prime Minister, of Canada,?

Ans. “Kim Campbell”

 

124.What event, did mark the beginning, of the Renaissance, in Italy,?

Ans. “The Fall of Constantinople,1453”

 

125. Who was, the first European explorer, to reach India ,by sea, establishing direct sea routes ,from Europe to Asia,?

Ans. “Vasco da Gama”..

 

126. What was, the name, of the first permanent English settlement, in North America, established in 1607,?

Answer:“Jamestown, Virginia”..

 

 

128. What was, the name, of the ancient trade route, that connected China, with the Mediterranean,?

Ans.  “The Silk Road”..

 

131. Who was, the last pharaoh ,of ancient Egypt,?

Ans. “Cleopatra VII”..

 

132.What was ,the name, of the ancient city ,that was home ,to the well-known Oracle of Apollo,?

Ans. “Delphi”..

 

134.What year, did the United States, enter World War II,?

Ans.  “1941”

 

135. Who was, the author of “The Republic,” a philosophical work, on governance ,and justice,?

Ans. “ Plato”..

 

136.What was, the name, of the ancient city-state, well-known ,for its militarism, and emphasis, on discipline, and austerity,?

Ans.  “Sparta”..

 

137.Who was, the first emperor, of China,?

Ans. “Qin Shi Huang”..

 

138. What was, the name, of the system ,of racial segregation enforced, in South Africa, from 1948 to the early 1990s,?

Ans. “Apartheid”..

 

139.Who was, the first European explorer, to reach ,the Americas, in the modern era,?

Ans.“Christopher Columbus”..

 

140.What year, did the Berlin Wall fall,?

Ans. “1989”..