People Flashcards

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Sage, philosopher

China

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Confucius

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1
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Sacked Jerusalem, Hanging gardens

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Nebuchadnezzar II

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2
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Consolidated China

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Guangwu

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3
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Taoism

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Lao Tzu

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4
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Started from the bottom now he’s emperor of the Han dynasty

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Liu Bang

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5
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Brought Buddhism into China

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Ming

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6
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First emperor of China

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Qin

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7
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Expanded China, Confucianism state philosophy

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Wu

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8
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Led the Hun empire, stopped by the pope from sacking Rome

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Attila the Hun

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9
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Tried to change the religion of Egypt to monotheism

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Akhenaten

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10
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Led Egypt during the height of civilization

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Amenhotep III

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11
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Helped grow Egypt

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Hatshepsut

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12
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Medicine!

Egypt

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Imhotep

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13
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First pharaoh, United Egypt

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Menes

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14
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Helped her husband as pharaoh, Berlin Museum

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Nefertiti

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15
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Signed first peace treaty, restored religion

Egypt

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Ramses II

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16
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First great tragic poet

Greek

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Aeschylus

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17
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Macedonia, major conquests, Hellenistic period

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Alexander the Great

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18
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Created sundial, first maps

Greek

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Anaximander

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19
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Accounted for earthquakes and lightning

Greek

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Anaximenes

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20
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Inventor, Syracuse

Greek

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Archimedes

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21
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Wrote comedies

Greek

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Aristophanes

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22
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Student of Plato, taught Alexander the Great, logic

23
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Writer, orator, statesman

Greek

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Demosthenes

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Philosopher, elements were building blocks | Greek
Empedocles
25
Mathematician, created latitude and longitude | Greek
Eratosthenes
26
Geometry! | Greek
Euclid
27
Last Greek tragic poet
Euripides
28
Kosmos! | Greek
Heraclitus
29
History! | Greek
Herodotus
30
Trigonometry, astrology | Greek
Hipparchus
31
Doctor | Greek
Hippocrates
32
Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, blind, Trojan war | Greek
Homer
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Poet, void | Greek
Parmenides
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Leader of Athens, navy | Greek
Pericles
35
Alexander's dad, Macedonian
Philip
36
Greatest Greek lyric poet
Pindar
37
Student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle, elitist (Greek)
Plato
38
Biographer | Greek
Plutarch
39
General under Alexander the Great, Pharaoh or Egypt
Ptolemy
40
Female love poet
Sappho
41
General under Alexander the Great controlled Persia
Seleucus
42
Socratic method, pursuit of knowledge, drank hemlock
Socrates
43
Dictator of Greece, massive reform
Solon
44
Great Greek tragic poet
Sophocles
45
Scientific method, eclipses | Greek
Thales
46
Built navy to defend xerxes/Persia | Greek
Themistocles
47
Wrote history of Pelopenesian wars | Greek
Thucydides
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Religion, free will | Greek
Zoroaster
49
Greatly expanded India
Ashoka
50
Founded Buddhism
Siddhartha
51
Monotheism (Israel)
Abraham
52
King of Israel, psalms
David
53
10 commandments! Exodus!
Moses
54
Code of Hammurabi. (Mesopotamia)
Hammurabi
55
Leader in the Middle East. (Mesopotamia)
Sargon the great