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Some of the *need to know* terms and people for World History 1 jsw

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Who wrote about the Trojan war and wrote the "Iliad and the Odyssey"? Homer
Who developed Buddhism and lived by the "Four Noble Truths"? Siddartha Guatama (Budda)
A greek who became a Roman citizen and wrote the famous book called "Geographia". Ptolemy
Who is today called the "Father of Medicine"? Hippocrates
Who was the historian that wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars and can be quoted: "Study history to understand present day"? Thucydides
Who was the first emperor of China that united china under one ruler and started construction of the Great Wall? Emperor Qin
Who was an ancient ruler of Phoenocea that wrote a severely harsh set of laws? Hammurabi
Which Roman Emperor legalized christianity and moved the capital to Byzantium? Emperor Constantine
Who lost control of Rome to Octavian Caesar and was allied with Cleopatra? Marc Antony
What was the Roman poet responsible for writing the "Aenid"? Virgil
Which time period did man learn how to make simple tools, use fire, and develope oral language? Paleolithic Age
What region was called the Fertile Cresent and holds the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? Mesopotamia
Which early settlement was a major center of trade and located on the Nile River? Nubia
Who was the founder of Judaism? Abraham
Who was the ruler of the Mauryan Empire that converted to Buddhism and sent missionaries to spread it? Asoka
Who was the founder of Confucianism? Confiucius
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