In 1976 Spain ceded Spanish Sahara to Mauritania & this country
When the Tuscaroras joined, the Iroquois League updated its name to this
This Alexandrian added latitude & longitude lines to his maps around 151 A.D.
Legend says in 1811 & 1812 earthquakes on the Midwest's New Madrid Fault made this river run backwards
Around 1200 this city became capital of a Muslim empire in India; its "New" version is India's capital today
Pope Paul III was a leader in this movement whose name implies it opposed Protestantism
"Rich" in democracy, this country held some of Central America's first free elections in the 1890s
This "Great" king who died in 4 B.C. married Mariamne, the last princess of the Maccabees' line
Explorer Sir Richard Burton disguised himself as an Afghani to make a pilgrimage to this city & sketch its Kaaba
Once the center of the Hittite Empire, Bogazkoy is located in this country's Anatolia region