In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
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Question: After allying with the khan of Chagatai and taking part in campaigns in Transoxania, this ruler would lose a "muddy battle" against Ilyas Khodja, despite fighting alongside brother-in-law Husayn of Balkh. Becoming the head of the Barlas upon the death of Tughluk, this man annihilated Tokhtamysh and the Golden Horde at the Battle of the Terek River before he overwhelmed Sultan Mehmud's forces in seizing the Delhi Sultanate. Prior to his death and ultimate succession by Shah Rukh while planning an invasion of China, he defeated the Turks at the Battle of Ankara and captured Bayezid I. FTP, name this Mongol military leader who ruled in Central Asia during the 14th century from his capital of Samarkand.

Answer: History


Question: One character in this novel receives news of her brother's death from her father while he uses a lathe. This novel's protagonist develops a friendship with Platon Karataev, a peasant he meets in a prisoner of war camp. Another character, Nikolai, is led to financial ruin after(*) losing 40,000 roubles to Dolokov. Andrei Bolkonski is wounded in battle following the end of his engagement to Natasha Rostova, who falls in love with the novel's protagonist. For 10 points, name this gargantuan Leo Tolstoy novel about Pierre Bezukhov set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Answer: Literature


Question: One collection of short stories by this author is set in the town of Morgana, and features members of such families as the MacLains and the Raineys, in stories like "Sir Rabbit" and "Shower of Gold". Edna Earle tells stories about Uncle Daniel in a novel by this author, while in a novella Jamie Lockhart is a bandit posing as a gentleman, in The Ponder Heart and The Robber Bridegroom respectively. One of her works follows the last hour of a man who wrecks his car near a young couple's shack, and in another work Stella Rondo runs off with Sister's boyfriend, causing her to move to the titular location. She also wrote a short story in which the protagonist must take a long journey along the Natchez Trace because of a lye-swallowing accident. For 10 points, name this author of The Golden Apples, "A Worn Path", Death of a Travelling Salesman and Why I Live at the P. O.

Answer:
Literature