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Midterm People [Set 2]
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History
10th Grade
01/15/2009

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Timur Lenk
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(1390’s) rose to power by conquering many neighboring tribes
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Zhu Yuanzhang
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Buddhist monk, led rebellion, overthrew Yuan Dynasty
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Pachacuti
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(r.1438-1471), expanded Inca empire
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Atahualpa
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(1502-1533), 13th & last Inca emperor; captured & executed by Pizarro
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Francisco Pizarro
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(1478-1541), Spanish conquistador, Peru 1533, captured and executed Atahualpa, founded city of Lima, Peru
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Suleiman the Magnificant
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greatest sultan, ruled during Ottoman peak
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Mahmud of Ghanzi
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(997-1027), sent mission, taking control of Punjab
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Babur
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(r.1526-1530), great-grandson of Timur-Lenk, established Mogul Empire
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Akbar
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(r. 1556-1605), Babur’s grandson, walled capital, Fetehpur Sikri, religious tolerance
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Shah Jahan
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(r.1628-1658), sent to conquer Deccan, built Taj Mahal for wife (Mumtaz Mahal) who died in childbirth
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Aurangezeb
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(r.1658-1707), killed bros, imprisoned dad,made the govt. more Muslim, part of the fall of the Mogul Empire.
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Robert Clive
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British merchant, Battle of Plassey, british expand into India
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Cyrus the Great
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first “shah” or king of united Iranian empire
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Ardashir
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founder of sassanid empire
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Shapur I
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Ardashir’s son, capured Roman emperor Valerian at the battle of Edessa, skinned and stuffed body
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Ismail I
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founder of Safavid empire
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Shah Abbas
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(r.1588-1666), peace w/Ottomans, Imam Mosque
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Nader Shah
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former slave, drove out Afghans, rose to power, extended the Safavid Empire
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