24453155 | Hammurabi | Ruler of Babylon from 1792-1750 BCE, created Hammurabi's Code (a code of laws on a black stone pillar) | 0 | |
24453156 | Confucius | Chinese, became a very strong influence in China for government code, service, etc. from 551-479 BCE | 1 | |
24453157 | Hatshepsut | Eqyptian, was the wife of Pharaoh Tutmosis II and became pharaoh after his death, 1473-1458 BCE | 2 | |
24453158 | Akhenaten | Egyptian, Pharaoh of Egypt who departed from the traditional ways, 1353-1335 BCE | 3 | |
24453159 | Ramesses II | Egyptian monarch (pharaoh) of the Ramessides Dynasty who undertook monumental building projects throughout Egypt, 1290-1224 BCE | 4 | |
24453160 | Cyrus | Persian, united Persia and overthrew Median monarch to become the ruler, 550 BCE | 5 | |
24453161 | Darius I | The great king of Persia. He is responsible for the expansion of Persia. After Cambyses (former ruler) 522-486 BCE | 6 | |
24453162 | Persepolis | A complex of palaces, reception halls, and treasury buildings erected by the Persian kings Darius I 521BCE | 7 | |
24453163 | Herodotus | He wrote stories of the wars between the Greeks and the Persians are the first known examples of historical writing. 5th century BCE Southwest Anatolia | 8 | |
24453164 | Socrates | Greek philosopher; socratic method--questioning; sentenced to death for corrupting Athens youth, 470-399 BCE in Greece | 9 | |
24453165 | Alexander the Great | an Greek military leader, first great European Empire of the Ancient World, armies conquered vast territories west Asia, Egypt, and Greece 356-323 BCE | 10 | |
24453166 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (306-337 CE) | 11 | |
24453167 | Augustus | Honorific name of Octavian, founder of the Roman Principate, the military dictatorship that replaced the failing rule of the Roman Senate. 63-BCE- 14 CE | 12 | |
24453168 | Jesus | young carpenter who is depicted in the New Testament as the Son of God 5BCE- 34 CE | 13 | |
24453169 | Paul | a believer (follower) of Jesus 5-65CE from Anatolia | 14 | |
24453170 | Shi Huangdi | Founder of Qin Dynasty 221-206 BCE in China | 15 | |
24453171 | Buddha | An Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama, who renounced his wealth and social position. After becoming 'enlightened' (the meaning of Buddha) In India from 563-483 BCE | 16 | |
24453172 | Ashoka | Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism | 17 | |
24453173 | Muhammad | the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) Heard the Angel Gabriel in 610 | 18 | |
24453174 | Charlemagne | king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor 768CE | 19 | |
24453175 | Vladimir I | converted to Christianity and ordered all Kievans to become Christians | 20 | |
24453176 | Alexius Comnenus | Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118) whose reign was marked by the First Crusade (1096-1099). | 21 | |
24453177 | Pope Urban II | (r. 1088-1099) Called for the First Crusade at Clermont | 22 | |
24453178 | Li Shimin | One of the founders of the Tang Empire and its second emperor (r. 626-649). He led the expansion of the empire into Central Asia. 627-649 | 23 | |
24453179 | Genghis Khan | Mongolian Emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227) | 24 | |
24453180 | Timur | Turk commander og the Jagadai forces 1336-1405 in Central Asia | 25 | |
24453181 | Ivan III | Russia - (1442 - 1505) - ended Mongol rule in 1480 - took title of czar (ceasar) | 26 | |
24453182 | Nasir al-Din Tusi | the scholar who began the Mongol's interest in science of Muslim Land in 1201-1274 Middle East | 27 | |
24453183 | Rashid al-Din | Talked with Europeans to find similarities between Europe and China died 1318 | 28 | |
24453184 | Alexander Nevskii | He was the prince of Novgorod. He convinced other princes that it would be best if they went along with the mongols. | 29 | |
24453185 | Khubilai Khan | Last of the Mongol Great Khans and founder of the Yuan Empire. 1215-1294 | 30 | |
24453186 | Yongol | Chinese emperpr who moved the capital to Beijing and created what is known as the Forbidden City 1403-1424 Ming Empire | 31 | |
24453187 | Zheng He | exploroer/commander of journeys through the Indian Ocean 1371- 1453 from China | 32 | |
24453188 | Ibn Battuta | a man that was part of a group of people that took a journey across the Sahara in 2months 1304-1369 | 33 |
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