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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Riddle No 4: "K" and Conquerers

In order to find the answer just drag your mouse cursor over the whole post and it will become visible.

7. When the "k" is spooked, you can learn a lot from it. The answer - A book = boo + k

8. My father crossed the sea to conquer territories in another continent. In that continent I won my greatest victories. After I returned to my homeland I lost an important battle. I spent years on exile and died in a third continent a short time before my enemy caught me. Who am I?

The answer - Hannibal.

Hannibal was born in North Africa. As a child he accompanied his father in his campaign to Spain. During the next to decades after his father death he won tine after time in numerous battles in Spain and Italy. In 202 BC he was forced to come back to Africa where he lost the battle of zama. He died in 183 BC after he took poison in order not to fall in the hands of the romens.

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