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28 Cards in this Set
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Abraham
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hebrew leader- founded Judaism
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Alexander the Great
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Macedonian king- built an empire that included Greece, Persia, Egypt, and part of Central America
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Aristole
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Greek philosipher- summarized most of the knowledge of his timeand invented rules of logic that contributed to the modern scientific method.
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Augustus
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Roman Emperor- Ruled the Roman Empire at its peak
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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French General and Emperor- Built a vast French empire and is considered one of the world’s great military geniuses along with Alexander the Great, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar.
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Julius Caesar
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Roman General and Dictator- Expanded the Roman Empire.
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Catherine The Great
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Russian Empress-Expanded the Russian Empire.
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Charlemagne
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Frankish Emperor- United much of Western Europe in the Carolingian Empire.
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Charles Darwin
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English biologist- proposed the theory of evolution
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Thomas Edison
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American Inventor- developed practical electric lighting and the modern research laboratory
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Christopher Columbus
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genoese navigator - led sea voyages that opened the New World to European colonization
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Confucius
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Chinese Scholar - founded confucianism
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Constantine the Great
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Roman emperor - ended the persecution of Christians and moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium, renamed to Constantinople
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Hernando Cortes
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Spanish Conqueror - conquered the Aztec empire of Mexico
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Albert Einstein
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German scientist - proposed the theory of relativity
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Elizabeth I
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English Queen - reigned over the English Renaissance, also called the Elizabethan Age after her
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Euclid
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Hellenistic mathematician - called the father of geometry for compiling the mathematics textbook "The Elements"
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Mohandas Gandhi
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Indian Political and religious leader - helped India gain its independence from Great Britian by a method of non-violent resistance
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Johannes Gutenberg
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German printer - invented movable metal type
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Hammurobi
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Babylonian King - built the first great Babylonian Empire and compiled one of the first written collections of laws, The Code of Hammarbi
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Hannibal
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Catharginian General - led tropps and elephants across the Alps to fight Rome in the Second Punic War
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Henry VIII
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English King - separated the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church
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Adolph Hitler
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German dictator - initiated WWII and the Holocaust
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Thomas Jefferson
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American President, architect, inventor - wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Jesus
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Jewish Religious leader - Founded Christianity
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Genghis Khan
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Mongol ruler - started the Mongol Empire
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Kublai Kahn
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Mongol ruler - conquered China and made it a part of the Mongol Empire
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Martin Luther King, Jr
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American Civil Rights leader - led the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's
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