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François-René de Chateaubriand (“frahn-SWAH reh-NAY duh sha-toh-bree-ON”) juxtaposed a declaration by Napoleon with this ruler’s self-declaration that he was the “hammer of the world.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this 5th-century CE ruler whose attributes were later co-opted by a chronicler of Matthias Corvinus who also characterized him as the “Scourge of God.”
ANSWER: Attila [or Attila the Hun]
[10m] In another justification of conquest with weapon-related ideology, Muhammad gave the title “Sword of God” to this general, a convert to Islam who won the Battle of Yarmouk.
ANSWER: Khalid ibn al-Walid [accept Khālid ibn al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīra al-Makhzūmī]
[10h] This term was used in Hellenistic historiography for land acquired by force, like Ptolemy’s holding of Egypt before the Partition of Triparadeisos (“tri-pa-ra-DAY-soss”). Diodorus said that after Alexander IV’s death, the Successors held territory as kingdoms described by this term.
ANSWER: spear-won [or doryktetos or doríktētos; accept equivalents like won by the spear; accept spear-won land or doryktetos khora; accept spear-taken or doryalōtos]
<Editors, Other History> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BrownVanderbilt100010E
CambridgeRutgers10101030EMH
Chicago AHarvard100010E
Chicago BGeorgia Tech C1010020EM
GeorgetownGeorgia Tech A100010E
Illinois BStanford A100010E
IndianaMaryland A1010020EM
MITColumbia B100010E
Maryland BMinnesota100010E
NYU AJohns Hopkins100010E
North CarolinaUCF1010020EM
Northwestern AMichigan100010E
Northwestern BStanford B1010020EM
PittsburghCornell100010E
PurdueVirginia Tech100010E
TexasOhio State10101030EMH
Toronto BBruin1010020EM
UC Berkeley AColumbia A1010020EM
UC Berkeley BIllinois A100010E
UCLAPenn State1010020EM
VirginiaBritish Columbia100010E
WashUSwarthmore1001020EH

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2215.45100%41%14%