Question
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen’s tapestries depict women serving as battlefield nurses during the 1535 conquest of this city, challenging stereotypes that its women were confined to harems. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city that changed hands between the Ottomans and the Spanish, acting on behalf of the Ḥafṣid dynasty, throughout the 16th century. This present-day capital city eclipsed nearby Kairouan (“kye-ruh-WAHN”) and Mahdia in the 12th century.
ANSWER: Tūnis
[10h] Tūnis’s 17th-century noblewoman ‘Azīza ‘Uthmāna built a māristān, or hospital, with female-staffed wards after she made it one of these Islamic charitable endowments.
ANSWER: waqfs [or ’awqāf; accept ḥabses or ḥubūs or ’aḥbās] (The first māristān was set up by the first known female nurse, Rufayda al-’Aslamiyya, to care for the wounded during the Battle of the Trench.)
[10e] Tunisian women were trained in variolation against this disease using Ottoman techniques documented by Lady Montagu. The first medical school for women was established in Egypt in 1832 to train girls to use Edward Jenner’s vaccine against this disease.
ANSWER: smallpox [or variola; accept judariyy or zhadri or gidri or çiçek hastalığı; prompt on pox]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 100% | 0% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
Data
| Cornell A | Cornell B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |