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100 Cards in this Set
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Mohammed
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1
570-632 |
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Isaac Newton
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2
1643-1727 |
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Jesus of Nazareth
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3
8BCE-29CE |
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Gautama Buddha
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4
563-483BCE |
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Confucius
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5
551-479BCE |
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St Paul the Apostle
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6
10-67 |
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Cai Lun
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7
50-121 |
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Johannes Gutenberg
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8
1400-1468 |
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Christopher Columbus
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9
1451-1506 |
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Albert Einstein
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10
1879-1955 |
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Louis Pasteur
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11
1822-1895 |
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Galileo Galilei
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12
1564-1642 |
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Aristotle
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13
382-322 |
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Euclid
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14
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Moses
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15
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Charles Darwin
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16
1809-1882 |
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Emperor Qin
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17
260-210BCE Emperor from 247-221BCE |
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Augustus (Octavian)
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18
63BCE-14CE |
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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19
1473-1543 |
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Antoine Lavoisier
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20
1743-1794 |
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Constantine I
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21
280-337 (330, Byzantium became Constantinople) |
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James Watt
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22
1736-1819 |
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Michael Faraday
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23
1791-1867 |
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James Clerk Maxwell
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24
1831-1879 |
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Martin Luther
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25
1483-1546 |
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George Washington
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26
1732-1799 |
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Karl Marx
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27
1818-1883 |
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Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright |
28
1871-1948 1867-1912 |
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Genghis Khan
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29
1162-1227 |
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Adam Smith
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30
1723-1790 |
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William Shakespeare
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31
1564-1616 |
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John Dalton
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32
1766-1844 |
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Alexander the Great
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33
356-323BCE |
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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34
1769-1821 |
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Thomas Edison
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35
1847-1931 |
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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36
1632-1723 |
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William T. G. Morton
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37
1819-1868 Used Ether as anaesthetic for operation in 1852 |
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Guglielmo Marconi
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38
1874-1937 |
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Adolf Hitler
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39
1889-1945 |
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Plato
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40
428/7-348/7BCE |
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Oliver Cromwell
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41
1599-1658 |
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Alexander Graham Bell
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42
1847-1922 Patent for telephone awarded in 1876 |
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Alexander Fleming
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43
1881-1955 |
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John Locke
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44
1632-1704 |
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
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45
1770-1827 |
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Werner Heisenberg
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46
1901-1976 |
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Louis Daguerre
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47
1787-1851 |
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Simon Bolivar
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48
1783-1830 |
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Rene Descartes
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49
1596-1650 |
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Michelangelo
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50
1475-1564 |
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Pope Urban II
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51
1042-1099 |
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Umar ibn al Khattab
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52
584-644 Second Caliph after Abu Bakr from 634-644 |
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Ashoka the Great
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53
304-232BCE |
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St Augustine
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54
354-430 |
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William Harvey
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55
1578-1657 |
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Ernest Rutherford
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56
1871-1937 |
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John Calvin
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57
1509-1564 |
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Gregory Mendel
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58
1822-1884 |
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Max Planck
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59
1858-1947 |
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John Lister
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60
1827-1912 |
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Nicolaus Otto
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61
1832-1891 |
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Francisco Pizarro
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62
1475-1541 |
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Hernan Cortez
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63
1485-1547 |
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Thomas Jefferson
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64
1743-1826 |
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Isabella I (of Castile)
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65
1451-1504 |
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Josef Stalin
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66
1879-1953 General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922-1953 |
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Julius Caesar
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67
100/02-44BCE |
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William I (of England)
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68
1028-1087 |
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Siegmund Freud
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69
1856-1939 |
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Edward Jenner
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70
1749-1823 |
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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
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71
1845-1923 'discovered' X-rays in 1895 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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72
1685-1750 |
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Laozi
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73
6th Century BCE or 4th or not at all?! |
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Voltaire
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74
1694-1778 |
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Johannes Kepler
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75
1571-1630 |
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Enrico Fermi
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76
1901-1954 |
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Leonhard Euler
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77
1707-1783 |
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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78
1712-1778 |
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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79
1469-1527 |
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Thomas Malthus
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80
1766-1834 |
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John F Kennedy
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81
1917-1963 |
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Gregory Goodwin Pincus
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82
1903-1967 |
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Mani
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83
210-276 |
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Lenin
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84
1870-1924 |
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Emperor Wen of Sui
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85
541-604 |
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Vasco da Gama
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86
1460/69-1524 Traveled to India by sea directly and arrived in 1498 |
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Cyrus the Great
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87
590-530 Became ruler of Persia in 559 |
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Peter the Great
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88
1672-1725 Became King of Russia in 1682 |
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Mao Zedong
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89
1893-1976 |
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Francis Bacon
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90
1561-1626 |
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Henry Ford
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91
1863-1947 |
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Mencius
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92
372-289 |
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Zoroaster
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93
6th Century BCE |
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Elizabeth I
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94
1533-1603 |
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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95
1931-... Head of Communist Party 1985-91 |
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Menes
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circa 31st - 30th centuries BCE |
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Charlemagne
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97
742-814 King of the Franks from 768-814 |
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Homer
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98
8th century BCE |
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Justinian I
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99
482/83-565 Emperor of Byzantine from 527-565 |
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Mahavira
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100
599-527BCE |
