Final People

Question 1

Heinrich Schliemann

Answer 1

German businessman (1822-1890). Advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned by Homer’s Illiad. 1868 found succession of settlements in western Turkey. Level 7 is believed to be Troy. 1873, found in cache of gold, Priam’s treasure. Too old to be Troy’s king treasure.

Question 2

Michael Mann

Answer 2

British sociologist (Born 1942), famous for "The Sources of Social Power". 4 Volumes, Economic, Political, Ideological, and Military. Ambitious project - a theoretical and historical account of the history of power in human societies.
Jayavarman II - founder of Khmer Empire in CE 802 (present-day Cambodia). Declared himself the chakravartin, meaning "king of the world" or "king of kings". Ruled from CE 802-835

Question 3

Jayavarman II

Answer 3

Khmer king who claimed to be the human form of the Hindu god Shiva; a Khmer ruler who joined a series of smaller competing polities into a large state by first defeating rival rulers and then placing his followers in positions of authority

Question 4

Sir Leonard Wooley

Answer 4

British Archaeologist (1880-1960), known for excavations at Ur, Mesopotamia, Iraq. Considered one of the first “modern” archaeologist, knighted in 1935. Royal tombs at Ur in 1920s-30s dating to ca. 2700 BCE. Major contributions of architechture, literature, government, religion, ect of “Craddle of Civilizations”.

Question 5

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 5

1476 - 1541, Peru, lead the discovery of the Incan People, but didn’t actually discover anything personally.

Question 6

Lord Pakal

Answer 6

Came to power in A.D. 611 and started a major building boom in Palenque
Pakal’s tomb
Mesoamerica
not filled with gold but jade and ceramics
Tree of life thought to be in rocket
Pakal being reborn as Maise (maze) god
Maya, Palenque

Question 7

Hernan Cortés

Answer 7

1485 - 1546, Mesoamerica, led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec people.

Question 8

Atahualpa (Ataúhualpa)

Answer 8

1500-1533, Incan Empire, After the death of his father Wayna Capac, he waged a civil war against his brother for the throne, was eventually killed by Pizarro.

Question 9

Motecuhzoma (Montezuma)

Answer 9

1466-1520, Tenochtitlan, the first contact between the mesoamericans and the europeans took place under his reign.