History Quiz

[bigross86]

Acre and Ashkelon are two separate places. Mihais, all yours

[zraver]

Acre?

Correct! Ben is rifht as well the place has had lots of names.

[bigross86]

Ashkelon

[Mihais]

Acre?

[zraver]

Once one of the richest port cities in the world, it allied with Tyre against Shallamanzer III, is mentioned by Pharoah Thutmose, and was the source of the Kingdom of Jerusalem's wealth. Although located in modern Isreal it stands out historically as a non-Jewish city from the Bronze Age go 1948.

What city is this.

[zraver]

Once one of the richest port cities in the world, it allied with Tyre against Shallamanzer III, is mentioned by Pharoah Thutmose, and was the source of the Kingdom of Jerusalem's wealth. Although located in modern Isreal it stands out historically as a non-Jewish city from the Bronze Age go 1948.

What city is this.

[bigross86]

Nyt

Correct. New York Times, "All the news that's fit to print", stood out in contrast to William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer's World. While Hearst and Pulitzer engaged in a journalism war and Pulitzer near single-handedly invented Yellow Journalism, the New York Times quickly made a name for itself as a serious newspaper of record

[Stitch]

National Enquirer.

Um, yeah, that's it . . . . .

[YellowFever]

National Enquirer.

[zraver]

Nyt

[bigross86]

Was a major newspaper back then, and still is one of the biggest and most reputed newspapers in the world today

[dave lukins]

Arkansas Gazette?

[bigross86]

This happened over 100 years ago. Definitely history

[BD1]

this is history quiz, not predicting future. that question is unfair.

[bigross86]

What was the first major newspaper that is traditionally held as the first newspaper in history to embrace objective journalism?