Important People in APWH Flashcards

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