About Medieval History Quiz #841
Medieval History Quiz #841 was the quiz for Wednesday, October 21, 2026: 10 questions: 3 easy, 4 medium and 3 hard. Everyone who played Medieval History Quiz that day got the same quiz, and it stays here to play for 60 days.
The questions of Medieval History Quiz #841
- What were soldiers who fought for whoever paid them, rather than for their own lord, called?
- What were the designs on knights' shields that identified their families called?
- Which two goods were at the heart of the medieval trans-Saharan trade?
- Which Byzantine emperor had centuries of Roman law gathered into one great code in the 530s?
- Into which three periods do historians often divide the Middle Ages?
- Which Scottish king defeated the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314?
- On his famous journey of 1324, Mansa Musa of Mali is said to have spent so much gold in which city that its value fell there?
- Which great land walls protected Constantinople from the 400s until 1453?
- What were China's difficult tests for choosing government officials, greatly expanded under the Song, called?
- How were the granite blocks of Great Zimbabwe's great walls held together?
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