The NAME THAT HISTORICAL EVENT game

[Adam Smith]

I'd guess it's Buddhist monk Xuan Zang who traveled from China to India 629-645 AD, returning with Buddhist texts for Tang Taizong. The story of his journey became the basis for Journey to the West, AKA Monkey, when novels began to develop under the Ming Dynasty.

[Alexander I]

Yeah, I was thinking it was Tripitaka, but figured that couldn't be right. Maybe I was closer than I thought?

[molly bloom]

Pretty picture time for those awaiting elucidation from Darius.

What event is associated with this location ?

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by molly bloom
Pretty picture time for those awaiting elucidation from Darius.

What event is associated with this location ?

That's Eilean Donan, in Scotland. (I have a picture of it in my living room)

Not sure which event you're looking for as there's several, so here's a wiki-list.

"The original castle was built in 1220 for Alexander II as a defence against the Vikings. By the late 13th century it had become a stronghold of the Mackenzies of Kintail (later the Earls of Seaforth). In 1511, the MacRaes, as protectors of the MacKenzies, became the hereditary Constables of the Castle.

In 1539 Iain Dubh Matheson, chief of the Clan Matheson died whilst defending the Castle on Eilean Donan island against the Clan MacDonald of Sleat on behalf of the Clan MacRae and Clan MacKenzie.

In April 1719 the castle was occupied by Spanish troops attempting to start another Jacobite Rising. The castle was recaptured, and then demolished, by three Royal Navy frigates on 10–13 May 1719. The Spanish troops were defeated a month later at the Battle of Glen Shiel.

The castle was restored in the years between 1912 and 1932 by Lt. Col. John MacRae-Gilstrap. The restoration included the construction of an arched bridge to give easier access to the castle. In 1983 The Conchra Charitable Trust was formed by the MacRae family to care for the Castle."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilean_Donan

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Alexander I


That's Eilean Donan, in Scotland. (I have a picture of it in my living room)

'Twas going to be the abortive 1719 Rising. Pictures of Spanish Cardinals and troops and such like, to throw people off the scent.

How lucky of you to have a picture of one of Scotland's lovelier castles...

[molly bloom]

Righty-Ho.


Who are being hanged, and why ?

[Darius871]

By way of elucidation, Adam Smith was getting close to the extent that the pic's traveler was also a reverse Marco Polo of sorts. However, he lived and worked much earlier.