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This heraldic term describes the background color of a shield.
Difficulty: EasyThis regent who controlled the early Kamakura shogunate established the legal code Joei Shikimoku, providing the first warrior government's written laws.
Difficulty: MediumThis council, established by Ferdinand I, created unified central administration for Austrian Habsburg lands for the first time.
Difficulty: HardThis Italian city served as the home base for the Medici family's rise to power during the Renaissance.
Difficulty: EasyThis prominent goldsmith and royal counselor served multiple Merovingian kings, founded monasteries, and was later canonized, with his feast day on December 1.
Difficulty: MediumThis Cossack rebel led a major uprising during Alexis I's reign, capturing cities along the Volga before his defeat and public execution in 1671.
Difficulty: HardThis king defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 and founded the Tudor dynasty.
Difficulty: EasyThis heraldic term describes an animal lying down with its head resting on its paws as if sleeping.
Difficulty: Medium