User:AirshipJungleman29/Challenges

Archaeologist

 * Genghis Khan (created 2002)
 * Ai-Khanoum (created 2004)
 * Battle of the Indus (created 2004)
 * Tolui (created 2004)
 * Hö'elün (created 2005)
 * Siege of Baghdad (created 2005)
 * Alexandria Ariana (created 2006)
 * Boukephala and Nikaia (created 2007)
 * Shigi Qutuqu (created 2008)
 * Boroqul (created 2010)

Millionaire

 * Starfield (video game) (5 million views as of January 2024)

Minimalist

 * Siege of Bukhara (GA icon at 30th edit)
 * Baljuna Covenant (GA icon at 32nd edit)

Polyonymous

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Textbook example

 * Genghis Khan, first linked from MOS:LEAD on 25 August 2011 by in Special:Diff/446594055.

Translation

 * Starfield (video game) (at least twenty-five other wikis)
 * Manor Lords (at least twelve other wikis)
 * Siege of Bukhara (at least eleven other wikis)
 * Otrar Catastrophe (at least seven other wikis)
 * Baljuna Covenant (at least five other wikis)
 * Siege of Samarkand (1220) (at least five other wikis)
 * Siege of Gurganj (at least five other wikis)

Wall-to-wall coverage
10 February 2024: Siege of Bukhara at TFA; Siege of Baghdad at DYK and OTD

Alphabet

 * A -
 * B - Baljuna Covenant
 * C - Classical Alexandria
 * D -
 * E -
 * F -
 * G - Genghis Khan in popular culture
 * H - Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum
 * I -
 * J -
 * K - Kokechu
 * L -
 * M - Manor Lords
 * N -
 * O - Otrar Catastrophe
 * P - Paul Bernard (archaeologist)
 * Q -
 * R -
 * S - Siege of Bukhara
 * T - The Mongol Khan
 * U -
 * V -
 * W -
 * X -
 * Y -
 * Z -

Calendar

 * DYK


 * 1
 * 2
 * 3 Michael Block
 * 4
 * 5 List of cities founded by Alexander the Great

Boukephala and Nikaia

Hö'elün

Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum
 * 6 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Genghis Khan
 * 7 Manor Lords
 * 8
 * 9
 * 10 Siege of Baghdad
 * 11
 * 12
 * 13
 * 14
 * 15
 * 16 2021 French Grand Prix

Ai-Khanoum
 * 17 Battle of the Indus

Tale of the Moon Cuckoo
 * 18
 * 19 Siege of Bukhara
 * 20
 * 21
 * 22 Alexandria Ariana
 * 23
 * 24
 * 25 Boroqul

Shigi Qutuqu
 * 26 Wali Mohammad Itoo
 * 27 Tolui

The Mongol Khan
 * 28 Irghiz River Skirmish
 * 29 Baljuna Covenant
 * 30
 * 31


 * TFA


 * 1
 * 2 Baljuna Covenant

Ai-Khanoum
 * 3
 * 4
 * 5
 * 6
 * 7 Boukephala and Nikaia
 * 8
 * 9
 * 10 Siege of Bukhara
 * 11
 * 12
 * 13
 * 14
 * 15
 * 16 Hö'elün
 * 17
 * 18
 * 19
 * 20 Tolui
 * 21
 * 22
 * 23
 * 24
 * 25
 * 26
 * 27
 * 28
 * 29
 * 30
 * 31

Four-eyes

 * Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire

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Set 1


 * ... that artefacts from Ai-Khanoum, a Hellenistic city rediscovered by the King of Afghanistan in 1961, include a "remarkable" disc (pictured) displaying "hybrid Greek and Oriental imagery"?
 * ... that in his first month in the job, Wali Mohammad Itoo suspended all 23 opposition representatives when they questioned his integrity as the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly?
 * ... that the size of Le Castellet allowed the 2021 French Grand Prix to host more spectators than other events during the COVID-19 pandemic in France?
 * ... that ...
 * ... that the Mongol general Boroqul saved the life of the future Ögedei Khan by continually sucking clotted blood from a wound on his neck?
 * ... that after their roughly 320 km/h (200 mph) crash at the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, George Russell slapped Valtteri Bottas on his crash helmet while Bottas showed Russell his middle finger?
 * ... that historians do not agree on whether the Battle on the Irghiz River took place in 1209 or 1219?
 * ... that Alexander the Great occasionally founded cities not named after himself?

Set 2


 * ... that the ruined stronghold of Alexandria Ariana, a city founded by Alexander the Great, may lie underneath the citadel of Herat (pictured) in present-day Afghanistan?
 * ... that Shagdarjavin Natsagdorj remarks at an academic conference led to a communist purge and contributed to the Sino-Soviet split?
 * ... that Genghis Khan declared himself to be "the punishment of God" after capturing the city of Bukhara in 1220?
 * ... that ...
 * ... that when Jalal al-Din realised that he would be defeated at the Battle of the Indus, he rode his horse off a 30-foot (10 m) cliff into the Indus River?
 * ... that one contemporary chronicler claimed that Tolui Mongol army killed as many as three million people in less than two months?
 * ... that although Alexander the Great founded two cities named Boukephala and Nikaia during his invasion of the Indian subcontinent, we do not know which was which?
 * ... that one legend claimed that Hö'elün conceived the boy who would become Genghis Khan when she was impregnated by a ray of light?

Set 3


 * ... that the Baljuna Covenant, an oath sworn by the future Genghis Khan (pictured) in summer 1203, encapsulated his ideals of social equality and personal choice?
 * ... that ...
 * ... that before besieging Baghdad in 1258, the Mongol prince Hulegu Khan ended a letter to the city's ruler with the words "I will show you the meaning of the will of God"?
 * ... that ...
 * ... that the video game Manor Lords was wishlisted more than three million times on Steam after its developer had estimated it would receive around 14,000?
 * ... that although only one member was fluent in English, the cast of The Mongol Khan learned the entire script before the play's West End run?
 * ... that Michael Block, a club professional who charges $150 per hour for golfing lessons, scored a hole in one on his way to finishing joint 15th at the 2023 PGA Championship?
 * ... that Genghis Khan was extremely charismatic and renowned for his generosity towards his followers?

Set 4


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 * ... that Hildegard Temporini-Gräfin Vitzthum arrived at the University of Tübingen as a student in 1959, and remained there until her death in 2004?
 * ... that Shigi Qutuqu, a high-ranking official during the early Mongol Empire, survived the first four Mongol khans when he died over the age of eighty?
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Set 5


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 * ... that each performance of the Tale of the Moon Cuckoo lasted for an entire month?
 * ... that ...