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3777722642AbrahamFounder of Judaism0
3777727679MosesLed Jews out of Egypt in the exodus1
3777731778GautamaFounder of Buddhism2
3777736504Jesus of NazarethFounder of Christianity - according to Christians he's the messiah3
3777740068AllahIslamic name of God4
3777741916MuhammadFounder of Islam5
3777747480MichelangeloRenaissance artist - painted Sistine Chapel and sculpt la pieta and David6
3777753060ErasmusMost famous Christian humanist7
3777754992ShakespeareRenaissance playwright and writer of sonnets8
3777769461TurksMuslims from Asia Minnor - defeated Constantinope - renamed it Istanbul - traded coffee and ceramics - spread Islam to Middle East, North Africa, and Balkan Peninsula9
3777779771Leonardo da VinciRenaissance artist - painted Mona Lisa and the Last Supper10
3777783493PopeHead of the Roman Catholic Church11
3777788571Johannes GutenbergInvented the printing press, helped Renaissance ideas spread12
3777797984Martin LutherFirst to ever break from Catholic Church, German monk, Faith13
3777801613John CalvinGod predestines certain people to go to heaven14
3777804836JesuitsCatholic order that proselytized (convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another) for all over the world for Catholic Church15
3777819311Elizabeth ICombined Catholic and Protestant to come up with Anglican Church16
3777823359Henry VIIIBroke away from the Catholic Church because of divorce17
3777828007Prince HenryPortugal - brought people together to study navigation18
3777866055ColumbusWanted to sail west around the world to get to Asia - landed in Caribbean - thought he was in India19
3777870001MagellanHis crew was first to circumnavigate the globe20
3777872807DrakeFirst Englishman to sail around the globe21
3777877330CortezSpanish conquistador -conquered Aztecs22
3777879786PizarroSpanish conquistador - conquered Incas23
3777886062CartierFrench explorer - claimed Canada for France24
3777888581Da GamaPortuguese - first to find water route to Asia25
3777902838MughalsMuslims - ruled India - built Taj Mahal26
3777905437OttomansMuslims -Asia Minor - coffee and ceramics27
3777907506SonghaiAfricans - traded salt and gold28
3777911617JapaneseKicked out foreigners and became isolationists29
3777915525ChineseSet up trading enclaves for foreigners to trade in30
3777919417AztecsNative American civilization - Mexico -corn31
3777923875IncasNative American civilization - Peru - Andes Mts. - roads & bridges32
3777930656Louis XIVAbsolute monarch of France - brought a great culture to France also caused problems by doing away wit the Edict of Nantes - built Versailles33
3777942664Sun KingNickname of Louis XIV34
3777945561Frederick the GreatAbsolute ruler of Prussia35
3777951898Peter the GreatAbsolute ruler of Russia - he wanted to westernize Russia36
3976217854CopernicusPolish -heliocentric theory, feared the church37
3976223646KeplerGerman-used math to prove that earth goes around the sun in an ellipse38
3976231105GalileoItalian-used telescope to prove Copernicus was right, declared a heretic39
3976240681HarveyEnglish-blood circulates through the body40
3976244604NewtonEnglish-developed calculus and the laws of gravity41
3976249650MontesquieuFrench-wrote SPIRIT OF LAWS, believed in separation of power42
3976277232MozartAustrian-great composer, began composing at age 543
3976292432VoltaireFrench-believed in freedom of speech, separation of church and state44
3976296646RousseauFrench-SOCIAL CONTRACT, government is only a contract and not that necessary45
3976302735HobbesEnglish-used natural law to say that people need an absolute monarch because they are naturally bad -wrote Leviathan46
3976315305LockeEnglish-used natural law, wrote TWO TREATISES ON GOV'T: man has rights and is generally good - gov't to protect our rights, influenced Jefferson47
3976383094JeffersonAmerican-wrote Declaration of Independence48
3976395713BackSecond great composer of Enligtenment49
3976403550DelacrouixFrench -painted LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE, and nature scenes50
3976452602CervantesSpanish-novelist, wrote DON QUIXOTE51
3976464285William and MaryRulers of England after Glorious Revolution - had less power than Parliament52
3976468744NapoleonDictator of France - conquers Europe, spreads Code of Laws53
3976480758MettiernichAustrian prince - Congress of Vienna, balance of power - kings in power54
3976491507Charles IKing of England - wants to be absolute ruler, executed after civil war55
3976496906CromwellPuritan- Led English Civil War - then became dictator56
3976504448Third EstateFrench poor and middle class - begin revolution at Bastile57
3976515872Louis XVIFrench absolute ruler - executed in Reign of Terror58
3976669290Toussaint L'Ouvertureled slave revolt in Haiti - inspired by the French Revolution59
3976698856BolivarLed revolutions all over Latin America60
3976710467Cavouradviser to king of Sardinia - united N. Italy61
3977215136Garibaldiguerrilla warfare - united S. Italy with N. Italy62
3977221407Bismarckrealpolitik - "blood and iron" - Prussian who created Germany63
3977240721WhitneyCotton gin - clean cotton faster - need for slaves grows64
3977263049WattSteam engine - work now done by machines instead of human power65
3977269591BessemerInvented steel, now machines could be made stronger and resistant to fire66
3977279727SmithCapitalism and laissez-faire - WEALTH OF NATIONS - profits make people work67
3977287333Jennermade world's first vaccination - small pox68
3977302481PasteurDiscovered germs/bacteria69
3977321856Cmdr. PerryUsed US Navy to get Japan to open up to trade70
3977325807Karl Marxsocialism - COMMUNIST MANIFESTO - proletariat to rise up and revolt71

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