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Founder of Islam
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Muhammad
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Developed theory of gravitation
Described laws of motion |
Sir Isaac Newton
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Founder of Christianity
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Jesus Christ
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Founder of Buddhism
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Gautama Buddha
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Chinese philosopher
Founder of Confucianism |
Confucius
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Disciple of Jesus
Wrote much of New Testament |
St. Paul, Paul (Saul) of Tarsus
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Inventor of paper
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Ts'ai Lun
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Developer of printing press
Invented movable type |
Johann Gutenberg
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Explorer
Sailed from Europe to North America |
Christopher Columbus
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Developed theory of relativity
Described photoelectric effect |
Albert Einstein
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Developed pasteurization process
Created rabies vaccine |
Louis Pasteur
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Astronomer
Invented telescope |
Galileo Galilei
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Greek philosopher
Tutored Alexander the Great |
Aristotle
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Father of geometry
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Euclid
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Delivered Ten Commandments to Jews
Led Jews out of Egypt |
Moses
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Described theory of evolution by natural selection
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Charles Darwin
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First emperor of China
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Shih Huang Ti
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First Roman emperor
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Augustus Caesar
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Astronomer
Created heliocentric model of world |
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Father of modern chemistry
Designed metric system |
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
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