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nelson mandela
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leader of African National Congress, won nobel peace prize for ending apartheid.
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jawaharlal nehru
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leader of the Indian nation congress and helped achieve independance from great britain.
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sun yat-sen
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leader of nationalist movement in china.
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emperor meiji
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emperor of japan during the meiji restoration when japan became westernized, industrialized, etc.
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elizabeth 1
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queen of england when england went through a time of prosperity.
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mustafa kemal ataturk
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first president of the republic of turkey.
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ayatollah khomeini
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led a revolution in Iran
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indira gandhi
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became first women prime minister after nehru died.
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den xiaping
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leader of communist china and is known for his four modernizations.
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yasir arifat
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head of palestine liberation organization.
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gamal nasser
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first president of egypt
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saddam hussein
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dictator of itaq
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mohandas gandhi
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nationlist leader of India using passive resistance and civil disobedience.
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isabella I
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unified spain and was very religious
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mao zedong
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led communist movement in china, known for the great leap forward
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cleopatra
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queen of the nile, ruled the egyptian civilization
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anwar al-sadat
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president of egypt after gemal nasser, wanted to end future violence between egypt and isreal.
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monachem begin
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prime minister during the camp david accords
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jesus christ
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prophet of christian religion
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siddhartha gautama
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founder of Buddhism
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muhammad
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prophet and founder of islamic religion
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theodore herzl
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jewish writer who founded movement known as zionism
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socrates
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first greek philosopher
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leonardo da vinci
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renaissance painter/sculpter
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martin luther
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started the protestant reformation, posted the 95 theses
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isaac newton
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supported the heliocentric theory
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john locke
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english philosopher during the enlightenment, natural rights.
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juius caeser
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militay leader and hero
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napoleon bonaparte
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restored order to france after the french revolution, napolionic code.
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catherine the great
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absolute monarch who expanded the russisn territory
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peter the great
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absolute monarch and czar of russia, westernized russia
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jomo kenyatta
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afican nationalist and political leader, first president of the independant kenya
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otto van bismarck
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chancellor of prussia responsible for "Uniting Germany", blood and iron motto
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henry bessemer
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scientist during the industrial revolution
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vladimir lenin
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leader of the bolshevik revolution
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benito mussolini
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fascist dictator of italy
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jospeh stalin
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helped with the communist revolution
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adolf hitler
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started the fascist Nazi Party and became chancellor of germany, holocaust
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winston churchill
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prime minister of great britain during WWII. "iron curtain"
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toussaint L'Overture
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former slave who led a revolution of haiti against france.
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simon bolivar
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"The liberator" led independance movements all across latin america, gran colombia
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jose de san martin
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led liberation movements in argentina, peru and chile
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fidel castro
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changed cuba into a communist country and became dictator
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manuel noriega
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presiden of panama who was convicted of drugs
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mikhail gorbachev
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soviet premier responsible for glasnost, persitrioka, etc
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boris yeltsin
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first democraticaly elected president of russia
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lech walesa
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leader of the solidarity party in poland
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johann gutenberg
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inventor of the movable printing press
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