The Dead Sea, whose shores are the lowest land on Earth's surface, is on which continent?

Around 1250, which country's King Afonso III reclaimed the Algarve from the Moors? Around 1260, which country acquired Greenland and Iceland under King Haakon IV? Around 1268, Roger Bacon wrote that which optical devices could be used to help people with weak eyesight? Which pharaoh became king of Egypt as a child around 1332 B.C. and is famous for the treasures of his tomb? In the 14th century, Adrianople became the capital of which empire, until Constantinople replaced it in 1453? Around 1400, Gian Galeazzo Visconti ruled much of northern Italy from which city, until he was blocked by the Florentin… Around 1400, the monk Tsongkhapa founded the Gelug, or "Yellow Hat," school of Buddhism in which region? Which Florentine artist painted "Venus and Mars" and "The Birth of Venus" in the 1480s?