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1. King Arthur (Ron was his lance, Goosewhite was his helmut, Pridwen was his shield and Llamrei was his horse)

2. Dresden and Hamburg

3. Helots

4. World War II (292,131), Civil War (214,939), World War I (53,513) Source: U.S. Dept. of Defence

5. Lech Walesa

6. The top five largest empires at their greatest extent: 
    1. British Empire - 33.7 million sq km (1923), 
    2. Mongol Empire - 24.0 million sq km (1270 or 1309), 
    3. Russian Empire - 23.7 million sq km (1866), 
    4. Spanish Empire - 20.0 million sq km (ca. 1740-1790), 
    5. Qing Empire, China - 14.7 million sq km (1790). 
    (The Roman empire made it to number 15 with 6.5 million sq km and the Portuguese Empire a respectable 10th place with 10.4 million sq km)

7. Oxford

8. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini

9. British Honduras

10. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword

 

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