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| 5784567280 | Hammurabi | Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E.). He conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar, illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases. |  | 0 |
| 5784569603 | Sargon of Akkad | (2370-2315 BCE) He is the creator of empire in Mesopotamia. Created the empire by combing northern and southern Mesopotamia through invasion and force. |  | 1 |
| 5784568506 | Moses | (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus |  | 2 |
| 5784569968 | Nebuchadnezzar | King of the Chaldeans. He made Babylonia the leading state in western Asia. He also rebuilt Babylon as the center of his empire, giving it a reputation as one of the greatest cities of the ancient world.(605-562 BC) |  | 3 |
| 5784570471 | Gilgamesh | A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories. Known in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" for searching for eternal life. |  | 4 |
| 5784570984 | Solomon | (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC) |  | 5 |
| 5784571829 | Cyrus II | The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty was |  | 6 |
| 5784572505 | Darius I | Third ruler of the Persian Empire (r. 521-486 B.C.E.). He crushed the widespread initial resistance to his rule and gave all major government posts to Persians rather than to Medes. |  | 7 |
| 5784573750 | Xerxes | (c. 519-465 BC) Son of Darius, King of Persia; his armies invaded Greece with 180,000 men in 480 BC, but was eventually defeated by the Greeks allowing for Greek & Roman influence to shape history versus eastern influences on development of western Europe. |  | 8 |
| 5784574962 | Zoroaster | The founder of Persia's classical pre-Islamic religion, Zoroastrianism. A belief in good versus evil and a last judgement day. |  | 9 |
