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162546536MuhammadTraveled through the Arabian Peninsula proclaiming he was the last prophet of Allah, wrote the Qu'ran0
162546537Abu BakrOne of Muhammad's first followers in Mecca, became caliph after his death1
162546538AliBelieved to be the next Caliph by the Shi'ites (Shia), assassinated and succeeded by his son Hasan2
162546539HasanUnder pressure from a prominent family in Mecca, relinquished his title to make way for the Umayyad Dynasty3
162546540Charles MartelFrankish leader who stopped Muslim advance into Paris, preventing Islamic Empire from flourishing in Europe beyond parts of Spain/Italy4
162546541Muhammad al-RaziMuslim who published a massive medical encyclopedia unlike anything before it5
162546542JustinianRuler of the Byzantine Empire from 527-565; somewhat restored glory of Roman Empire in Constantinople6
162546543St. CyrilOrthodox Christian, used Greek alphabet to create a Slavic alphabet7
162546544VladimirRussian prince from Kiev, abandoned traditional pagan religion for Christianity8
162546545King ClovisLeader of the Franks, a Germanic tribe proved critical in stopping the Muslim advance into Paris9
162546546PepinSuccessor of his father, Charles Martel, for Carolingian Dynasty; had his succession certified by the pope10
162546547CharlemagneCrowned by Pope like his father, Pepin; built the Holy Roman Empire11
162546548Otto the GreatDeclared Holy Roman Emperor in 96212
162546549William the ConquerorDuke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England13
162546550King Hugh CapetKing of France who ruled only a small area around Paris in 98714
162546551Joan of ArcLead statehood of France after England's occupation of French-speaking territories, a teenage girl15
162546552Queen IsabellaRuler of Castille, united Spain in the years after the Hundred Years' War16
162546553FerdinandMarried Queen Isabella, was heir to the Spanish Kingdom of Aragon; marriage united most of Spain in a single monarchy17
162546554Ivan the TerribleCentralized power over the entire Russian sphere by mid-1500s18
162546555XuanzongEmperor of Tang Dynasty responsible for expanding territories into parts of Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, and Korea19
162546556Wu ZhaoEmpress of China after the death of her husband, Emperor Gaozong, during Tang Dynasty20
162546557Prince ShotokuBorrowed bureaucratic and legal reforms based on successes of Tang Dynasty in China (Taika Reforms)21
162546558Timur LangMongol who lead invasion of India22
162546559Genghis KhanUnified nomadic tribes in Mongolia, led Mongol invasion of China in 123423
162546560Kublai KhanLead Yuan Dynasty in China, Pax Mongolica24
162546561Mansa MusaLeader of Mali who built capital at Timbuktu, made pilgrimage to Mecca25
162546562Sonni AliEstablished Songhai Empire by conquering entire region of West Africa26
162547841Ibn BattutaWrote in Dar al-Islam, worked in government as a qadi (adviser) almost everywhere he went, promoted "proper" Islam27
162547842Marco PoloTraveled from Italy to China during Mongol times, inspired Columbus and others to attempt to find passage to the East28
162547843ZhengheVoyages from 1405-1433 for Ming China29

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