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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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Leon Gambetta attempted to organize one side's defenses in this war, but fled in a hot air balloon. The Treaty of Frankfurt ended this war, in which the Battle of Sedan was fought. One cause of this war was the possibility of Leopold of Hohenzollern gaining the Spanish throne. Another cause of this war was an edited letter between the ambassador of one country in this war and Wilhelm I. That document known as the Ems Dispatch was used to advance the goals of Otto von Bismarck. For 10 points, name this 1870-1871 war between two European nations that led to German unification.
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History


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In 1997 Edwin Hall wrote a book about this work which discussed the inclusion of St. Margaret emerging from the belly of a dragon, which can be seen carved above the back of a chair, to argue that Erwin Panofsky's influential interpretations are too simplistic. Commissioned by its subject, a counselor to the Duke of Burgundy who made his money as a silk merchant, the year and the artist's signature can be seen above the mirror whose reflection depicts the artist himself. That artist would go on to paint other famous portraits like The Madonna with the Chancellor Rolin. Filled with details like a lit candle, a little dog, and a pair of discarded clogs, FTP, identify this work that depicts a man dressed in dark heavy wool and a big hat holding the hand of his betrothed, a painting by Jan van Eyck.
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Fine Arts


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Racist policies by border governors serving this empire culminated in the Battle of the Nobles, which came in the wake of Hisham's loss to Leo II at Akroinon and triggered the Berber revolt. Al-Mukhtar's revolt was another blemish on this polity, whose biggest disgrace was the damage to the Kabba under Yazid I during the second fitna. Language and currency were unified by an opponent of Justinian II, (*) Abd al-Malik, who also constructed the Dome of the Rock. Ethnic strife with Sogdians and other non-Arab Muslims plagued this state, ruled at times by the Marwanids, which fell after a victory at the Battle of the Zab by Abu Muslim. Failing to expand into Europe after falling to Charles Martel at Tours, FTP, identify this Islamic empire whose final ruler fled to Iberia after the capture of its capital Damascus, the predecessor of the Abbassid Caliphate.
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History