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Leader of the Akkadians
Set up the 1st empire of the world |
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Began Egyptian history in 3100 BC by uniting villiages
Created the 1st egyptian dynasty |
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| Name of pharoah Amenhotep IV meaning "it is well with Aton" |
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| pharoah who restored the old gods |
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| Under him, Egypt regained controll of Palistine |
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Tried to reestablish Egypt's independance.
Her involvement resulted in defeat and her suicide w// lover, Antony |
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| Built a temple in Jerusalem |
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Made Babylonia the leading state of W. Asia
Rebuilt Babylonia as the center of his empire |
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| Created a powerful Persian state from Asia Minor to W. India |
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Added a new Persian province to W. India
Created the largest empire the world has ever seen |
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| Prophet of the "true religion" |
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Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya
Greatest ruler in India's history |
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Known to Chinese as the 1st teacher
Called Master Kung by his followers |
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"Old Master"
Contemporary of Confucius
No one knows if he actually exists
Founded Daoism |
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1st Qin Emporer
Unified the Chinese world
Created a single monetary system |
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Greek Philosopher
Studied at Plato's academy, but didn't agree with him |
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Reformed aristocrats
Solon's reform's led to tyranny |
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Persian monarch
Vowed to take revenge and invade greece |
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Developed direct democracy and ostracism
Started a massive rebuilding program of Athens |
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Great Athenaian playwright
famous for Oedipus Rex |
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Sculptor who loved philosophy
Developed the Socratic Method |
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Socrates student
Greatest philosopher of the Western Civilization |
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Macedonian King
Turned Macedonia into the chief power of the Greek World and took over Greece |
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Son of Phillip II
Took over the entire Persian Empire |
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Son of Phillip II
Took over the entire Persian Empire |
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| Greatest of the Carthaginian Generals |
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Had strong military control over Spain
1/3 part of the 1st triumvirate
made dictator in 45 B.C.
Assassinated by senators |
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Caesar's heir and grandnephew
defeated Antony's army |
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Caesar's ally/assistant
fell in love with Cleopatra
escaped from Octavian with Cleo and committed suicide |
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| given the title of imperator |
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Killed people he wanted out of his way
committed suicided by stabbing himself in the throat |
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Most distinguished poet of the Augustan Age
Greatest work was the Aeneid |
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1st Christian emperor
Issued the Edict of Milan |
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emperor in the Last Roman Empire
Greatly strengthened/enlarged the administrative bureaucracies
held higher militia authority |
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Islam's only god
Allah's prophet
Caravan manager
Husband of Khadija |
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Wealthy widower
Employer/wife of Muhammad
1st to convert to Islam |
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Lived in Cordoba
Wrote commentary on Aristotle's works |
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Persian poet
Wrote the Rubaiyat
Composed poems orally
simple and down-to-earth |
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Axumite ruler
Launched an invasion on Kush and conquered it |
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Strong ruler of the Mongols
Set up the capital at Kara Korum |
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| Strong military leader who became the first Germanic ruler to convert to Christianity |
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Son of Charles Martel
Father of Charlemagne
Under 42'' tall
Sexy son-of-a-gun
Assumed kingship for the Frankish state |
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Called "charles the great"
Son of Pepin
Created the Carolingian Empire
Fierce warrior
Strong salesman
Christian
King of Frank |
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Defeated England in the Battle of Hasting
Crowned King of England |
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Initiated the 4th crusade
Under him, the Catholic church reached it's highpoint |
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Abbess of a religious house for females in West Germany
One of the 1st important women composers |
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Made the most famous attempt to reconcile Aristotle with the doctrines of Christianity
Best known for Summa Theologica |
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Lead a group of Czech reformers
Accused of heresy and burned at the stake |
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"most catholic" rulers
Achieved religious uniformity of Spain |
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Daughter of prosperous peasants
Her faith inspires French armies to victory
Led a French army to Orleans
Captured and burned at the stake by English |
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| Befriended, then took over the Aztec, who he thought were the Quetzalcoatl |
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| Aztec monarch who welcomed Cortes |
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| Spanish military leader who devastated the Inca |
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Painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician
One artistic giant of the High Renaissance |
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Gave best impression of the Italian's love affair
Best known for "The Prince" |
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Began the reformation of the
Catholic/Protestant groups
Professor and monk of the Uni. Of Wittenberg |
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Close to Luther
Successfully converted the city of Geneva to Protestism |
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Wanted to divorce Cat. Of Aragon and Marry Anne Boleyn b//c he wanted a male heir
Daughters were Bloody Mary and Queen Elizabeth |
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