| What they did | Person |
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| The 'socialist emperor' who took over the throne after the people said he was more effective than the Han | |
| The favorite wife of Wu Ding, who was buried in the best tomb | |
| Protagonist/king in a great epic along with his friend Enkidu | |
| The prophet who discovered Ahura Mazda and invented Zoroastrianism | |
| A Confucian scholar who emphasized the value of Li and also was a government administrator | |
| The only egyptian pharaoh not to follow the normal religious traditions of Egypt, also created a new capital city | |
| Forged a compromise between Athenian classes and forbade debt slavery- an Athenian leader | |
| The main creator of Athenian democracy and believed Athens was 'the education of Greece' | |
| The greatest Achaemenid emperor who had the empire at it's largest | |
| Creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia | |
| Ruled the Franks and wiped out the last parts of Rome in Gaul | |
| The 'Master Philosopher King' whose teachings are compiled in the Analects | |
| The advisor to Chandragupta Maurya who wrote his advice in the book 'Arthashastra' | |
| Germanic general who deposed the last Roman emperor | |
| Joined forces with Cleopatra and lost in a naval battle at Actium | |
| The most popular poet of the Tang era, wrote about life, friendship, and wine | |
| The prophet who started Manichaeism, blended Zoroastrian, Christian, and Bhuddist elements | |
| Invaded Persia, took over India, controlled Greece, a great conqueror | |
| The most vigorous New Kingdom pharaoh, dominated the coastal regions of the Mediterranean as well as north Africa | |
| The most successful Abbasid caliph, provided support for artists and writers | |
| Adopted Stoic values and made Stoicism the most prominent school of thought in Rome | |
| Founded the Carolingian dynasty, turned back the Muslims at Tours, never ruled as king of the Franks | |
| Ruled the New Babylonian empire and had a lavish capital city there | |
| The first Song emperor, put his generals to retire honorably to prevent them from displacing him | |
| Created 'Rule' for the monastic community which called for monks to spend their time doing prayer meditation and work | |
| Byzantine missionaries who went to Russia and convinced Russian people to convert to Christianity | |
| Confucian philosopher who wrote 'Family Rituals' and provided instructions for family ceremonies | |
| | What they did | Person |
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| The most important early Sufi muslim, argued human reason was too frail to understand Allah | |
| Kept the Carolingian empire together, lost control of counts and local authorities, not as powerful as his father | |
| Served as chief minister to the duke of the Qin state whose policies were written in 'The Book of Lord Shang' | |
| Divided the roman empire into two districts, hoped the tetrarchs could govern better then one emperor | |
| Nephew of Julius Caesar who defeated Mark Antony and then got the title Augustus from the senate | |
| The wife of an early important Byzantine emperor, helped influence his dicisions, was a prostitute | |
| The son of the greatest Achaemenid emperor who took over after he died | |
| A Legalist scholar who reviewed ideas from all political thinkers in China | |
| Wanted to understand human nature, said honor was more important then anything else, taught Plato | |
| The sister of the writer of 'Rule' who wrote an adaption for religious women | |
| Founded Bhuddhism and was born into a rich family but ran away once he discovered suffering | |
| The most important early Byzantine emperor; married to Theodora, codified Roman law | |
| The chief leader of the Umayyad rebellion who was a descendent of Muhammad's uncle | |
| The general who made Byzantine conquests for Justinian, re-conquered most of old Roman empire | |
| Extremely intelligent Frankish king who had a capital at Aachen and became the Emperor as prclaimed by the Pope | |
| Nephew of Marius, invaded Gaul, was assassinated by his fellow congressmen | |
| The second Tang emperor, murdered two of his brothers to get to the throne, built a city at Chang'an, saw himself as a Confuciann ruler | |
| The ruler of China who started the Han dynasty in the middle of his rule | |
| The Russian Prince who converted to Orthodox Christianity and ordered his subjects to follow his example | |
| Presented his thought in a series of dialogues, came up with the 'Forms or Ideas' concept, taught Aristotle | |
| Brought China under centralized rule and began Sui dynasty | |
| Created rules of logic in order to explain life's mysteries, wrote about biology, physics, astronomy, psychology, politics and literature. | |
| The Sasanid ruler under which the empire ended | |
| Overcame the clans and became ruler of Macedon, wanted all of Greece, was killed by an Assassin | |
| Created a law code on tablets and created high standards for behavior in Sumer | |
| The first and only woman pharaoh of Egypt | |
| The 'Martial emperor' who wanted centralization and expansion | |
| | What they did | Person |
|---|
| Roman general who sided with social reformers who advocated distribution of land | |
| A lesbian Greek poet | |
| Began the Christian religion, was crucified | |
| Began the Jainist religion and became known as Jina | |
| Provided Church with a sense of direction, asserted Papal primacy, wanted to control England and eventually got it in the hold of the Church | |
| Launched the Persian imperial venture and made the first conquests of the empire | |
| The greatest Mauryan emperor who took over all of the territory in and around India; better known as a governor then a conqueror | |
| Spoke about the Confucian school during the Warring States Period and put emphasis on the value of ren | |
| The Shang king who had 64 wives | |
| The patriarch of Constantinople, created rules for Byzantine Monasticism, became a saint | |
| Taught there was only one God and brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sainai | |
| Bishop of Hippo, converted to Christianity, wrote about Christianity and made it a logically sound religion | |
| Traveled in search of Christian converts, the first Christian missonary | |
| The most successful local lord who ended the Magyar threat and became emperor via the Pope | |
| The second emperor of the Sui dynasty, completed the Grand Canal | |
| Pope who bestowed emperorship on Charlemagne on Christmas Day | |
| Created social reform in the Roman republic, had little succes | |
| Wanted to become the only emperor after tetrarchs, consolidated power, built new capital city; Constantinople | |
| The wife of the first major Frankish leader who convinced him to convert to Christianity | |
| The first emperor of the Qin dynasty who burned most of the books in the state | |
| The indian emperor who slowly took over all of northern India whose grandson was the greatest emperor | |
| Roman general who allied with conservative and aristocratic classes | |
| United Upper and Lower Egypt into one | |
| The supposed creators of Rome raised by wolves | |
| The most succesful Xiongnu leader who brought military discipline to them | |
| The creator of Islam, discovered Allah | |
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