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History Makers of the Ancient World Ancient Mesopotamia (2350 B.C.E. 400 B.C.E.):
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Sargon Hammurabi Sennacherib Ashurbanipal Gilgamesh Nebuchadnezzar (Akkadian Leader who created First Known Empire) (Consolidated the first known Written Code of Laws) (Assyrian King who destroyed the City of Babylon) (Assyrian King who developed First Large Modern Library) (Mythological Hero-King of Sumerian Legend Epic Poem) (Chaldean Ruler who restored City of Babylon and Dedicated the Great Hanging Gardens to his wife)
History Makers of the Classical World Classical Greece (750 B.C.E. 330 B.C.E.):
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Homer Pericles Socrates Plato Aristotle Phillip II Alexander (Blind Poet who composed Epic Poems: Iliad & Odyssey) (Politician who developed Direct Democracy in Athens) (Philosopher who created the Question and Answer method of Discussion known today at the Socratic Method) (Philosopher - Student of Socrates who Founded the Academy of Athens) (Philosopher - Student of Plato and the Teacher of Alexander the Great) (King of Macedonia who conquered the Greek City-States) (Son of Philip II, Conqueror of the Known World creating the Hellenistic Age)
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History Makers of the Classical World (Cont.) Classical Rome (500 B.C.E. 117 C.E.):
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Hannibal Julius Caesar Augustus Diocletian Constantine Virgil Attila the Hun (Carthaginian General who led an Invasion of Rome) (Roman Senator and General who became Dictator for Life, Created Economic Reforms for the Poor, Finalized Modern 365 Day Calendar, and Assassinated) (Restored Empire under him as Supreme Military Commander and Emperor) (Emperor who Ruled with an Iron Fist, Limited Individual Freedoms, and Divided Empire into East and West) (Adopted Christianity and moved Capital to Byzantium) (Roman Poet who wrote Epic Poems: Aeneid) (Powerful Chieftain who led Invasion of the Roman Empire)
History Makers during the Age of Expansion Byzantine Leaders (500 C.E. 1500 C.E.)
1. 2. Justinian Theodora (Created an Imperial Capital called Constantinople and a Uniform Code of Laws called the Justinian Code) (Wife of Justinian who rose from Poverty to Great Power as Empress of the Byzantines)
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History Makers during the Age of Expansion (Cont)
Nomads, Explorers and Invaders (1000 C.E. 1500 C.E.) 1. 2. 3. 4. Malik Shah Genghis Khan Kublai Khan Marco Polo (Great Sultan of the Seljuk Turks who promoted cultural diffusion and blending) (Born as Temujin, He Unified the Mongols and Conquered most of Asia) (Great Khan of the Mongols who conquered and ruled China) (Venetian Trader and Explorer who worked in the Court of Kubai Khan)
History Makers during the Middle Ages Germanic Kings and Clergy (500 C.E. 1500 C.E.)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Clovis Gregory I Charles Martel Pepin the Short Charlemagne Charles the Simple and Rollo Otto I (the Great) (Unified the Franks under Christianity) (Expanded the Power of the Papacy over Kings) (Defended Christian Europe from Muslim Invasion) (First Germanic King to be Crowned King by the Grace of God beginning the European ideas of Divine Rights of Kings) (Greatest Frankish King who expanded the Frankish Kingdom and Christianity Thus creating a Christian Kingdom known as Christendom) (Influenced the development of Feudalism through an agreement involving the granting of Land in exchange for Loyalty and Service) (Greatest ruler of Medieval Germany who established The Holy Roman Empire as a Christian Kingdom)
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History Makers during the Golden Age of Change Renaissance Men (1300 C.E. 1600 C.E.)
(Italians)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Leonardo De Vinci Michelangelo Buonarroti Rafael Sanzio Donatello de Betto Bardi Niccolo Machiavelli Baldassare Castiglione Dante Alighieri (Painter, Sculptor, Inventor Create the Mona Lisa, Last Supper) (Painter, Sculptor, Architect Statue of David, Sistine Chapel) (Painter and Architect School of Athens, Wedding of the Virgin) (Artist, Painter, Sculptor Bronze Statue of David, St. George Statue) (Philosopher & Writer Father of Political Thought - The Prince) (Courtier, Diplomat, Soldier The Courtier) (Author and Poet The Divine Comedy) (English Author and Poet Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Othello) (English Author and Poet Book of the Duchess, Canterbury Tales) (English Philosopher & Author Utopia) (German Inventor Printing Press and the Gutenberg Bible) (Flemish Painter The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin)
(Non-Italians)
8. 9. 10. 11. 12. William Shakespeare Geoffrey Chaucer Thomas More Johann Gutenberg Jan van Eyck
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History Makers during the Age of Exploration Famous Explorers (1400 C.E. 1800 C.E.)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Prince Henry of Portugal Bartolomeu Diaz Vasco da Gama Zheng He Christopher Columbus Hernando Cortez Francisco Pizarro (Developed the Navigation School to Promote Exploration) (First Portuguese Explorer to sail around the tip of Africa) (First Portuguese Explorer to reach Calicut in India) (Chinese Muslim Admiral who led Seven Voyages to India, Africa, and Arabia with a fleet of 300 ships) (Discovered the Caribbean Islands while trying to find a western route to India) (Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs) (Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Incas)
History Makers during the Age of Revolution Absolute Monarchs (1500 C.E. 1800 C.E.)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Philip II Cardinal Richelieu Louis XIV Frederick the Great Peter the Great (Absolute ruler of Spain, Defender of Catholicism, Patron of Art & Literature) (Minister of France who controlled the country during Reign of Louis XIII) (Absolute ruler of France, Limited power of the Nobles, Patron of the Arts, Reformed economy, Modernized Military, and Fought Numerous Wars) (Absolute ruler of Prussia, Aggressive in Foreign Affairs, Patron of the Arts, Modernized Military, Opposed the rule of Austria by Queen Maria Theresa) (Absolute ruler of Russia, Adopted a policy of Westernization, Limited power of Nobles, Modernized Military, Patron of the Arts and Architecture)
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History Makers during the Age of Revolution (Cont.) Intellectuals of the Enlightenment (1600 C.E. 1800 C.E.)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Thomas Hobbes John Locke Voltaire Montesquieu Jean Jacques Rousseau Cesare B. Beccaria Mary Wollstonecraft (English Political Thinker who promoted the idea of a Social Contract where the People Create their Government) (English Political Thinker who promoted the ideas that All People are Born Free and Equal, with Three Natural Rights Life, Liberty, Property) (French Philosopher who promoted the idea of Tolerance & Freedom of Speech) (French Philosopher who promoted the ideas of Checks and Balances an d Separation of Powers) (Swiss Philosopher who promoted the idea that Governments should be controlled by the General Will of the People) (Italian Philosopher who promoted the ideas that Punishment Should Fit the Crime and Justice Should-not be Delayed) (Strong advocate of Womens Rights and Education for Women)
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History Makers during the Industrial Revolution Leaders of the Industrial Age (1700 C.E. 1914 C.E.)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. John Kay (Inventor of the Flying Shuttle that sped up the Weaving Process in the Textile Industry) Eli Whitney (U.S. Inventor of the Cotton Gin that sped up the process for Harvesting Cotton) James Watt (Scottish Inventor of the Modern Steam Engine used for Railroad and Shipping) Richard Trevithick (English Inventor of the First Steam-Driven Locomotive for Railroads) Adam Smith (Scottish Economist who developed the Three Natural Laws of Economics) Karl Marx (German Journalist who introduced the world to a Radical Form of Socialism known as Communism when he published The Communist Manifesto) Jane Addams (Female leader who promoted womens rights and reforms in the work place) Thomas Edison (U.S. Inventor of the Light-bulb and Phonograph) Alexander Graham Bell (U.S. Inventor of the Telephone) Henry Ford (U.S. Auto Maker who revolutionized the Assembly Line for mass production)
History Makers during the Age of Imperialism Leaders of Democratic Reforms and Expansion (1800 C.E. 1914 C.E.)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Emmeline Parkhurst Theodor Herzl Charles Darwin David Livingstone Henry Morton Stanley King Leopold II Cecil Rhodes Matthew Perry James Monroe Theodore Roosevelt (U.S. President who signed the Louisiana Purchase with France) (U.S. President who signed the Emancipation Proclamation to Abolish Slavery) (Female leader who formed Englands Womens Social and Political Union) (Austrian Jewish Writer who started the Zionist Movement to create a Homeland for the Jews in Palestine) (English Naturalist who developed the idea of Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest known as the Theory of Evolution) (Scottish Missionary and Explorer who was the first European to travel across Central Africa from East to West) (Newspaperman and Explorer who search for Livingstone and Signed Treaties With the Congo for the King of Belgium) (King of Belgium who claimed the region of the Congo for Belgium) (English Businessman who promoted British Expansion throughout Africa) (U.S. Naval Commodore who persuaded Japan to Open Trade to the U.S.) (U.S. President who Declared the Americas Off Limits to further Colonization by presenting the Monroe Doctrine) (Colonel of the Rough Riders during the Spanish -American War and U.S. President responsible for U.S. Involvement in the Panama Canal Zone)
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History Makers during the World at War Leaders of World War One (1914 1918)
1. 2. 3. 4. Kaiser Wilhelm II (German ruler who formed the Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary & Italy) Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (German General who created Plan to Invade France and Russia) Woodrow Wilson (U.S. President who developed the Fourteen Points for lasting peace after war) Georges Clemenceau (French Politician determined to make Germany Pay for destruction of the war)
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Juan Peron Francisco Franco Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Erwin Rommel Isoroku Yamamoto Douglas MacArthur
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History Makers during the Modern World Leaders of the Cold War (1945 Present)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Douglas Macarthur Ho Chi Minh Fidel Castro Daniel Ortega Ayatollah Khomeini Nikita Khrushchev Leonid Brezhnev John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon (U.S. General of United Nations Forces during the Korean War) (Vietnamese Nationalist Leader of the Viet Minh during the Vietnam War) (Nationalist Leader of the Cuban Revolution who became Cubas Communist Dictator) (Revolutionary Leader of the Sandinistas during the Civil War in Nicaragua) (Muslim Religious Leader of Iran who led the overthrow of the U.S. backed Shah to rid Iran of Western Influences that threatened Arab/Muslim way of life) (Soviet Leader who initiated Destalinization to rid the Soviet Union of the Influences of Stalins policies) (Soviet Leader who caused the Soviet-Chinese Split and coordinated the Installation of Missiles in Cuba) (U.S. President who challenged the Soviet installation of Missiles in Cuba and Led the world to the Brink of Nuclear War during the Cuban Missile Crisis) (U.S. President responsible for Increasing U.S. Combat Operations in Vietnam and escalating the war) (U.S. President who adopted a policy of Dtente to reduce Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union, first President to Visit Communist China, and removed U.S. troops from Vietnam to bring an end to the war) (U.S. President who increased tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union by Supporting conflicts in Iran, Afghanistan, and Nicaragua and promoting a new Strategic Defense Initiative called Star Wars) (Soviet Leader who opened the Soviet Union to outside Influences through reforms known as Glasnost, Perestroika, and Democratization) (Soviet Leader who reformed Russias Economy by an abrupt shift to Free Market Economy known as Shock Therapy) (Polish Union Leader who led the anti-communist Solidarity movement to gain Polish Independence) (Communist Chinese Leader who tried to reform China by adopting a set of goals known as the Four Modernizations and then cracked down on Student Protestors in Tianamen Square using Military Troops and Tanks) (Communist Chinese Leader who reformed China b y adopting a Free Market Economy)
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Jiang Zemin
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F. W. de Klerk Jawaharlal Nehru Ferdinand Marcos Jomo Kenyatta Kwame Nkrumah Ahmed Ben Bella Mobutu Sese Seko
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History Makers during the Modern World (Cont.) Leaders of the Middle East (1945 Present)
1. 2. Gamal Abdel Nasser Anwar Sadat (Became President of Egypt through a Military Coup and responsible for causing tension between Egypt and Israel resulting into the Suez Crisis) (President of Egypt who planned joint attack of Israel that was known as the Yom Kippur War, Assassinated after signing Peace agreement w/Israel known as the Camp David Accords) (Israeli Prime Minister who was a survivor of the Holocaust and led Israel to victory during the Yom Kippur War) (Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization who fought for the rights of an Independent Palestinian State) (Prime Minister of Israel who was Assassinated after signing Peace agreement With Yasir Arafat called the Oslo Peace Accords) (President of Iraq who caused conflicts with Iran, Kuwait, and Israel, Mass Murders of Sunni and Kudish citizens, and Opposed U.N. Sanctions until Captured, tried and executed by a new Iraqi Government) (Leader of the Terrorist Organization called Al-Qaeda responsible for the 911 Attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon)
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