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201018173AkhenatonNew Kingdom pharaoh, tried to revise Egyptian religion0
201041557Alexander the GreatMacedonian; son and successor of Philip II; conquered Persian Empire prior to his death in 323 BCE1
201041558AmaterasuSun goddess of the Shinto religion2
201041559AristophanesGreek writer of comedies; author of The Frogs3
201041560AristotleGreek philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great4
201041561AshokaGrandson of Chandragupta Maurya; converted to Buddhism5
201041562AugustineBiship of Hippo; influential church father6
201041563AugustusName given to Octavian; first emperor of Rome7
201041564Benedict of NursiaEstablished Benedictine Rule in the 6th century8
201041565Julius CaesarRoman general; conquest of Gaul; crossed Rubicon; assassinated in 44 BCE9
201076318Chandragupta MauryaFounder of Mauryan dynasty10
201076319CiceroConservative Roman senator; Stoic philosopher11
201076320ConfuciusAlso known as Kung Fuzi; author of Analects12
201076321ConstantineRoman emperor from 312 to 337 CE; converted to Christianity13
201076322CyrusEstablished Persian empire14
201076323DeviMother goddess within Hinduism; widely spread following collapse of Guptas15
201076324DiocletianRoman emperor from 284 to 305 CE16
201076325Gaius GracchusTribune who, along with his brother Tiberius, attempted land and citizenship reform within the Roman republic; killed on command of the senate17
201076326Tiberius GracchusAlong with his brother Gaius, attempted land and citizenship reform within the Roman empire; assassinated by conservatives18
201076327HannibalCarthiginian general during the Second Punic War19
201104654HarshaFollowed the Guptas; constructed a loose empire in northern India between 616 and 657 CE20
201104655HoracePoet who adapted Greek poetic meters to the Latin language; patronized by Augustus21
201104656Hammurabiruler of the Babylonian empire; responsible for codification of law22
201104657JesusBelieved by Christians to be the Messiah23
201104658Kamehameha IHawaiian king fought series of wars resulting in unified Hawaiian kingdom by 181024
201104659KautilaPolitical adviser to Chandragupta Maurya; one of the authors of Arthashshtra25
201104660LaoziAlso known as Lao Tsu; major Chinese philosopher in 4th century BCE26
201104661Liu BangFounder of the Han dynasty in 202 BCE27
201104662LivyRoman historian who linked empire to traditions of republican past28
201104663MariusRoman general who introduced the concept of using paid volunteers in his army rather than civilian conscripts29
201104664MenciusAlso known as Meng Ko; follower of Confucius; stressed consent of the common people30
201104665OvidRoman poet exiled by Augustus for sensual poetry31
201104666PaulOne of the first Christian missionaries; wrote several epistles32
201104667NarmerFirst pharaoh of Egyptian Old Kingdom33
201104668PericlesAthenian political leader during 5th century BCE; died during early stages of Peloponnesian War34
201104669Philip IIRuled Macedon from 359 to 336 BCE35
201104670PlatoGreek philosopher; ideal forms outside the material world36
201104671Sargon IRuler of city-state of Akkad; established the first empire in Mesopotamian civilization37
201104672Shi HuangdiFounder of the brief Qin dynasty in 221 BCE38
201106218ShivaHindu god of destruction and reproduction39
201106219Skanda Guptalast of the able rulers of the Gupta dynasty40
201106220SocratesAthenian philosopher of the late 5th century BCE; tutor of Plato; condemned to death for corrupting minds of Athenian young41
201106221SolonAthenian reformer of the 6th century; established laws that eased burden of debt on farmers42
201106222SophoclesGreek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex43
201106223SullaConservative Roman military commander during last century BCE; attempted to reinforce powers of the Senate and to undo influence of Marius44
201106224TrajanRoman emperor from 101 to 106 CE; expanded Roman empire to its greatest limits45
201106225VergilOne of greatest Roman poets during the "Golden Age" of Latin literature; patronized by Augustus; author of Aeneid46
201106226VishnuThe Brahman, later Hindu, god of sacrifice47
201106227Wang MangTemporarily overthrew the Han dynasty between 9 and 23 CE48
201106228WuFirst of the Zhou to be recognized as king, 1122 BCE49
201106229YuPossibly mythical Chinese ruler c. 2070 BCE; revered for the construction of an effective system of flood control along the Yellow River50
201106230XunziAuthor of The Art of War51

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