Wherio · June 30th, 2026
Five real historical events. Guess where each one happened, then compare your score with the answers and locations below.
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1. Cambyses II's Persian army defeated Pharaoh Psamtik III near the eastern Nile Delta, beginning Achaemenid rule.
Answer: 🇪🇬 Egypt · 525 BC
The Battle of Pelusium was a decisive Persian victory in the conquest of Egypt.
2. Pedro Fernandes de Queiros landed on a South Pacific island he named La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo, believing it was a southern continent.
Answer: 🇻🇺 Vanuatu · May 1606
Pedro Fernandes de Queiros's expedition reached Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu.
3. Three Nahua city-states in central Mesoamerica formed an alliance after defeating a rival polity.
Answer: 🇲🇽 Mexico · 1428
The Aztec Triple Alliance united Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan, underpinning the expansion of the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
4. The Katipunan launched a revolution against Spanish colonial rule on Luzon.
Answer: 🇵🇭 Philippines · Aug 1896
The Philippine Revolution began with the Katipunan's uprising against Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines.
5. An assembly in a former Serbian province declared independence after years of United Nations administration.
Answer: 🇽🇰 Kosovo · Feb 17th, 2008
The Kosovo declaration of independence was adopted by the Assembly of Kosovo and proclaimed the Republic of Kosovo independent.
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