Historic Figures

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  1. 3. Byzantine emperor who reconquered much of the former Western Roman Empire
  2. 5. Leader of the Mali Empire, known for being the richest person of all time
  3. 9. Macedonian king who conquered Greece, father of Alexander
  4. 11. English king who was forced by his nobles to sign the Magna Carta
  5. 14. French military leader that helped France win the Hundred Years War, burned at the stake
  6. 15. Invented the Cyrillic Language to spread Christianity to Slavic peoples
  7. 16. King of the Franks who was crowned by the Pope as Holy Roman Emperor
  8. 18. Father of Humanism
  9. 19. Leader of the Muslim forces in the second and third Crusades, known for his religious toleration
  10. 20. Pope who started the First Crusade
  11. 21. Led Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt, received the 10 Commandments
  12. 26. Original name was Octavian, first Emperor of the Roman Empire
  13. 27. Leader of the Norman invasion of Britain, won the Battle of Hastings in 1066
  14. 29. Last of the great Greek philosophers, teacher of the Alexander
  15. 30. Islamic Caliph who was assassinated which caused the Sunni/Shia split in Islam
  16. 31. Roman emperor who converted to Christianity, the city of Byzantium was renamed after him
  17. 32. Most famous of the Greek storytellers, wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
  18. 34. Macedonian who conquered the Persian Empire and spread Hellenic Culture
  19. 35. Greek considered the father of geometry
  20. 36. Founder of Doaism, a philosophy of going with the flow and oneness with nature
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  1. 1. Created a formula to find the length of a triangles hypotenuse
  2. 2. Indian prince who found the path to Enlightenment, founder of Buddhism
  3. 3. Member of the First Triumvirate, became dictator of Rome, ended the republic, and was assassinated by the Senate
  4. 4. Carthaginian general in the second Punic War, Rome's most formidable foe
  5. 6. United China under the Qin dynasty, constructed the Great Wall
  6. 7. Sculpted the Statue of David and painted the Sistine Chapel
  7. 8. Founded a code of politeness that emphasized ancestor worship, correct behavior, and social order
  8. 9. Leader of Athens during its golden age, built the Parthenon, expanded democracy
  9. 10. English King who instituted Common Law and trial by jury
  10. 12. Found of Islam
  11. 13. Founder of Christianity
  12. 17. Painter of the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, quintessential Renaissance Man
  13. 22. Persian emperor who was known for being tolerant of conquered peoples religion, freed the Jews from exile
  14. 23. Founder of Judaism, first Hebrew, father of monotheism
  15. 24. Emperor of the Mauryan Empire in India, spread Buddhism throughout Asia
  16. 25. Roman poet who wrote the epic the Aeneid
  17. 28. King of Babylon in Mesopotamia, first written law code
  18. 33. Roman scientist who introduced the Heliocentric Model