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8592925972SundiataWest African monarch who founded the western Sudanese empire of Mali0
8592926674Prince HenryPortuguese prince who sponsored early voyages of discovery along the west coast of Africa. Son of King John I, established court at Sagres. Portuguese caravel was developed.1
8592926675GutenbergGerman generally regarded as the inventor of the movable type2
8592930570ColumbusGenoese navigator in service of Spain, credited founding of America3
8592931748Guru NanakIndian religious leader and founder of Sikhs, born Hindu. came to regard some of Hindu practices and beliefs as superstitious, especially when compared to those of the Muslims4
8592933845Martin LutherGerman religious leader, father of Protestant Reformation and founder of Lutheranism5
8592934450Suleiman ISultan of Ottoman empire, known as "the magnificent" and "the lawgiver" for expansion of empire6
8592935652Wu Chengenchinese author, author of Xiyouji (journey to the west)7
8592936534AkbarGreat Mughal emporor expanded Mughal control over all of north India, later in to Deccan, adopted policy of tolerating non-muslims, reformed finances and taxes8
8592938274CervantesSpanish novelist, poet and play wright. author of don Quixote, classic novel of romance9
8592939510ShakespeareEnglish Poet and playwright, considered greatest of all dramatists. Wrote sonnets and published in 1609.10
8592944150Galileo GalileiItalian mathematician, physicist, and astronomber11
8592944957Louis XIVFrench King, successor of his father, Louis XIII.. his reign marketed height of absolutism in France12
8592946929Isaac Newtonenglish mathematician and physicist, discovered laws of motion and universal gravitation13
8592949091Kangixextended China's rule to Taiwan, Tibet, and outer Mongolia, and encouraged the teaching of Western mathematics and astronomy14
8592951053Peter the Greathis reign was dominated by his effors to modernize and westernize Russia, created St. Petersburg, brought russia into the European sphere15

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