People Flashcards
Sage, philosopher
China
Confucius
Sacked Jerusalem, Hanging gardens
Nebuchadnezzar II
Consolidated China
Guangwu
Taoism
Lao Tzu
Started from the bottom now he’s emperor of the Han dynasty
Liu Bang
Brought Buddhism into China
Ming
First emperor of China
Qin
Expanded China, Confucianism state philosophy
Wu
Led the Hun empire, stopped by the pope from sacking Rome
Attila the Hun
Tried to change the religion of Egypt to monotheism
Akhenaten
Led Egypt during the height of civilization
Amenhotep III
Helped grow Egypt
Hatshepsut
Medicine!
Egypt
Imhotep
First pharaoh, United Egypt
Menes
Helped her husband as pharaoh, Berlin Museum
Nefertiti
Signed first peace treaty, restored religion
Egypt
Ramses II
First great tragic poet
Greek
Aeschylus
Macedonia, major conquests, Hellenistic period
Alexander the Great
Created sundial, first maps
Greek
Anaximander
Accounted for earthquakes and lightning
Greek
Anaximenes
Inventor, Syracuse
Greek
Archimedes
Wrote comedies
Greek
Aristophanes