Wheat was introduced to the New World by this explorer in 1493
On Sept. 3, 1996 the U.S. launched cruise missiles against this country for attacking Kurd territory
Last name of the brothers who made an overland trek in the 1260s from Bukhara, Uzbekistan to China
This personal guard of Roman emperors consisted of 9 cohorts of 1,000 soldiers each
In 1992 Pres. Alberto Fujimori suspended this country's constitution & dissolved the legislature
This amendment was 3 states short of ratification when its deadline elapsed June 30, 1982
In October 1867 Gen. Rousseau took formal possession of this territory that the U.S. had bought in March
In 1907 Charles N. Haskell of Muskogee became this new state's first governor
Because of his deist beliefs, this "Age of Reason" author died a social outcast in New York City in 1809
He was promoted to captain for burning the captured U.S. frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor