Important Names to Know
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| show | King of Babylon who wrote code of law, "eye for an eye"
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| show | Religious leader,the Enlightened One"
created the Four Noble Truths, said follow the Eightfold Path, reached nirvana, and believed in reincarnation.
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| show | Led the Jews out of slavery and brought down the Ten Commandments from Mt. Sinai.
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| King Cyrus the Great | show 🗑
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| Confucius | show 🗑
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| show | Chinese ruler of the Qin Dynasty. Halted outside invaders with the Great Wall of China. Centralized Chinese roadways, currency, law, writing, and measurements.
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| Socrates | show 🗑
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| show | Student of Socrates who wrote of his teacher's life. Also wrote The Republic, which outlined the perfect society of farmers, warriors, and a ruling class (feudalism).
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| Alexander the Great | show 🗑
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| King Ashoka | show 🗑
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| show | Prophet and founder of Islam. His teachings of the Five Pillars are in the Qur'an.
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| Emperor Justinian | show 🗑
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| Genghis Khan | show 🗑
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| show | Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty of China who united China and opened trade to foreign contacts from Europe.
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| show | Explorer who visited China and first introduced Europeans to Asia.
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| Charlemagne | show 🗑
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| show | Issued the First Crusade to recapture the Holy Land for Christians from the Muslims. Also created the Roman Curia administrative body in the Vatican.
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| Martin Luther | show 🗑
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| show | Wrote The Prince, a political handbook for rulers on how to have absolute power over enemies and subjects.
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| show | A true Renaissance man who was a painter, sculptor, and engineer among many other talents. Painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
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| Mansa Musa | show 🗑
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| show | Visited and wrote about his travels to the Middle East and China over 30 years. His journals are an important primary source.
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| Vasco da Gama | show 🗑
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| show | French King who held absolute power, controlled the nobility, built a luxurious palace at Versailles, and raised taxes. Blamed for the conditions that led to the French Revolution.
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| Peter The Great | show 🗑
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| show | Enlightenment thinker who criticized absolute monarchy, supported self-government, believed in natural rights, all men are born free and equal.
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| show | French leader during the Reign of Terror, ruled France as a dictator, and was executed after a year.
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| Napoleon Bonaparte | show 🗑
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| show | Founder of Communism. Believed the middle class should overthrow the wealthy class, creating a classless society.
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| show | Led enslaved Africans to overthrow France in the Haitian Revolution.
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| show | Won Venezuela independence from Spain.
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| Otto von Bismarck | show 🗑
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| show | Japanese emperor of the Meiji Dynasty who westernized Japan and colonized China and Korea.
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| Vladimir Lenin | show 🗑
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| Joseph Stalin | show 🗑
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| Fidel Castro | show 🗑
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| show | Led Vietnamese independence movement from France and founded the Vietcong who fought America during the Vietnam War.
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| Pol Pot | show 🗑
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| show | Tried to reform the Soviet Union with "Glasnost" -openness of government, and "perestroika" - economic restructuring that allowed private ownership.
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| Mao Zedong | show 🗑
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| show | Chinese leader who shared power with the Eight Elders. Modernized agriculture, industry, defense, science and technology.
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| Mohandas Gandhi | show 🗑
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| show | First prime minister of India who emphasized democracy unity, and economic modernization. Elevated the status of lower castes.
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| Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) | show 🗑
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| Ayatollah Khomeini | show 🗑
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| Nelson Mandela | show 🗑
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| Suleiman the Magnificent | show 🗑
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| show | Emperor of the Mughal Empire in India. He is responsible for religious toleration and the increasing of trade and cultural diffusion.
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| show | Queen of England and Ireland between 1558 and 1603. She was an absolute ruler who was tolerant of her subjects' religions.
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