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1. In the early 1000s, a number of Norsemen undertook voyages from Greenland to the east coast of North America. The area where they landed, known as Vinland, is now part of which Canadian province?
2. The year 1104 saw the foundation of the Arsenal, a large shipbuilding complex that implemented a process similar to the modern assembly line, in which powerful Mediterranean city-state?
3. In 1209, Pope Innocent III launched the Albigensian Crusade, a military and ideological campaign that was fought for about 20 years against what religious movement?
4. The first systematic public dissection of a human body took place in 1315 in which Italian city - the seat of one of the world's oldest universities?
5. The European slave trade was reestablished in 1441 when a shipment of African slaves was sent to which European country - one of the major actors of the Age of Discoveries?
6. In 1551, England suffered the final outbreak of what contagious disease, whose nature and causes still remain a mystery?
7. According to a popular culinary legend, the delectable pastry known as "croissant" was invented on the occasion of the Battle of Vienna, which took place in 1683 between the forces of the Holy League and those of what powerful empire?
8. What important natural material - which a century later became the object of a veritable boom - was discovered by French explorer Charles Marie de la Condamine during an expedition in South America in 1736?
9. Among the many inventions and innovations of the 19th century, Louis Pasteur's contribution stands out. In 1885, he created the first successful vaccine against what disease, which is 100% fatal if untreated?
10. 17 African countries gained their independence in 1960. Which of these four nations - now one of the world's most populous - became independent from the UK rather than France?
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