[GET] The Big Book of History Answers

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CONTENTS
THE ANCIENT WORLD ..................14
When were the first coins made? Why did Romans build straight roads? What’s the oldest chat-up line?
FOOD and DRINK .....................................24
Why is a fry-up called a ‘full English’? Who invented champagne? Where did banofee pie come from?
BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH ......34
Has Britain’s weather always been bad? Where is Cromwell’s head? How old is the national anthem?
FAMOUS PEOPLE ..............................44
Did Abraham Lincoln get elected because of his beard? Did Lord Byron really have a pet bear?
FASHION and STYLE .............................52
When were sunglasses first worn? Who invented wellies? Why did the Scots start wearing kilts?
HOW WE USED TO LIVE ............70
When did schools become compulsory? How old is the toilet seat? Who got the first speeding ticket?
MEDIEVAL TIMES ...............................88
Has there ever been an English pope? What were the worst medieval torture methods?
KINGS and QUEENS ...............................80
Who was our most lecherous king? Did Queen Victoria have a nickname? Was Ethelred unready?
THE TWO WORLD WARS ..........60
What was the Battle of the Bulge? What exactly was shell shock? Did Monty really have a double?
SPORT and CULTURE ...........................96
Who turned down The Beatles? When did women become Olympians? What’s the oldest song?

WONDERS OF THE WORLD
GREAT SPHINX ..........12
One of the largest and oldest monolithic statues in the world
GREAT WALL OF CHINA.........................22
The unfeasibly long barrier that took two millennia to build
AL KHAZNEH .............32
The temple of the ancient carved city of Petra in Jordan
TAJ MAHAL ...............42
Northern India’s marvellous marbled mausoleum
MACHU PICCHU ........50
The lost city of the Inca, hidden between two Peruvian peaks
EASTER ISLAND ......58
The extraordinary statues in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
CHICHÉN ITZÁ ..........68
The sun-worshipping temple of the Mayan city in southern Mexico
ANGKOR WAT ...........78
This 12th-century Hindu temple is a gem of Cambodian architecture
ST BASIL’S CATHEDRAL ................86
The massed domes that dominate Moscow’s Red Square
ACROPOLIS ................94
Athens’ greatest monument is a symbol of great civilisation
COLOSSEUM ............ 104
The ultimate Roman playground

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[FreshHelper]

Awesome man awesome

[MellowD]

Thank mate nice read

[SlumdogGeordie]

I will print twenty copies, sprinkle some star dust on them and wrap them up in Christmas paper. The children will love them and I can carry on being Scrooge:-)

Only joking folks - these kind of books are worth their weight in gold when the grandchildren ask difficult questions thinking Grandad knows everything. lol.

+5 reps added as a thank you.

[☼ The Matrix Buster ☼]

Great share as always! Max Reps.

[Xebec]

Old thread, but any chance of a mirror?

[fit2beme]

Anyone has this to re-up?

[StillStanding]

(05-10-2017 12:17 PM)Xebec Wrote:  Old thread, but any chance of a mirror?

Pretty good chance I'd say, here you go

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http://mir.cr/7SQNORFF

[srw1958]

a plethora (haven't used that word in a long time) of info in this one, great share, thank you

[Xebec]

Thanks so much for the mirror. Sadly, MalwareBytes is blocking it as an unsafe link.