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9606505275HammurabiKing of Babylonia, responsible for creating a written law code0
9606505276AbrahamHebrew Patriarch1
9606508937ZoroasterFounder of Zoroastrianism2
9606513482Lao TzuFounder of Daoism3
9606513483CyrusFounder of Achaemenid Empire4
9606523170SiddharthaFounder of Buddhism5
9606523171ConfuciusFounder of Confuscianism6
9606526575PlatoAthenian Philosophy, allegory of the cave7
9606526576Alexander the GreatConqueror of Persian Empire, king of Macedonia8
9606531396Ashoka MauryaMauryan Emperor who supported Buddhism9
9606534050Qin Shi HuangdiFounder of China10
9606537849AugustusFirst Roman Emperor11
9606537850JesusFounder of Christianity12
9606540607ConstantineRoman Emperor, converted to Christianity13
9606589313MuhammadProphet of Islam14
9606589314XuanzangChinese monk who made a trip to India to collect Buddhist texts15
9606594013CharlemangeKing of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor16
9606597978Genghis KhanFounder of the Mongol Empire17
9606597979Marco PoloItalian traveler, traveled to China18
9606602515Kublai KhanFifth Khan of the Mongol Empire, founder of Yuan dynasty in China19
9606602516Mansa MusaEmperor of Mali, made a pilgrimage to Mecca and helped spread Islam throughout Africa20
9606602517Ibn BattutaMoroccan Traveler who traveled throughout the Muslim World21
9606606721ZhengheChinese Explorer22
9606620326SundiataFounder of Mali Empire23
9606620327Prince HenryFounder of a Portuguese navigational school24
9606620328GutenbergInventor of the printing press25
9606623700ColumbusSpanish navigator who discovered the new world for Europe26
9606623701Martin LutherFounder of Lutheranism, his 95 thesis began the Protestant Reformatoin27
9606628419Peter the GreatRussian Tsar who wanted to westernize Russia28
9606630644Louis XIV"Sun King", King of France, ordered the construction of Versailles29
9609389366John LockeEnlightenment thinker, believed in Natural Rights30
9609389367MontesquieuEnlightenment thinker, three branches of government31
9609389368VoltaireEnlightenment thinker, championed individual freedom32
9609391602RousseauEnlightenment thinker, believed that government should be freely elected by the people33
9609391603Adam SmithEnlightenment thinker, free market, supply and demand34
9609391604Toussaint L'OuvertureHaitian Revolutionary Leader35
9609394419RobespierreFrench Revolution radical leader36
9609394420WollstonecraftEnlightenment thinker, champion of women's rights37
9609396721Simon BolivarLeader of Latin American revolutions38
9609396723Shaka ZuluMonarch of Zulu Kingdom39
9609399600Matthew PerryCommodore of U.S. Navy. opened up Japan for trade with the Western World40
9609399601John Stuart MillBritish philosopher, promoted liberalism41
9609401323Charles DarwinMade contribution to the study of evolution, survival of the fittest42
9609404448Hong XiuquanLeader of the Taiping Rebellion43
9609404449Otto von BismarckPrussian statesmen and German Nationalist44
9609404450Karl MarxGerman philosopher, author of the communist manifesto45
9609407466Mangal PandeyLeader of the Sepoy Rebellion46
9609407467Leopold IIKing of Belgium, responsible for the colonization of the Congo47
9609409637WovokaFounder of the Ghost Dance mvoement48
9609413948GandhiLeader of the Indian Independence movement and non-violence movement49
9609413949LeninFounder of the Soviet Union50
9609413950JinnahMuslim League Member, founder of Pakistan51
9609413951Joseph StalinSoviet union dictator after Lenin52
9609413952FDRPresident of the United States during the Great Depression and WWII53
9609416331Adolf HitlerFuhrer of Nazi Germany54
9609416332Nehru1st President of India55
9609416333Ho Chi MinhFounder of the communist party in Vietnam, leader of North Vietnam56
9609416361MussoliniFascist dictator of Italy57
9609418801Mao ZedongFounder of the communist party in China58
9609418836Gregory PincusInventor of the birth control pill59
9609420523OppenheimerDirector of the Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bomb in the U.S.60
9609420524Deng XiaopingCommunist leader of China after Mao Zedong61
9609424420Kwame NkrumahGhana's first president62
9609426142Jonas SalkDiscovered the polio vaccine63
9609429318PinochetChilean Dictator64
9609431859Gamal NasserEgyptian President65
9609431860Nelson Mandela1st black president of South Africa66
9609433518Pol PotCambodian dictator67
9609433519Idi AminUgandan dictator68
9609433520ThatcherFemale British prime minister69
9609435577MLK JrLeader of the non violence civil rights movement in the U.S.70
9609435578GorbachevLast leader of the Soviet Union71
9609437862Bin LadenAl-Qaeda founder72
9773114212Francisco FrancoNationalist leader in Spain73

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