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People From World History Flashcards

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aristotle

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Philosopher (3)

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Socrates

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Philosopher (1)

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Sophocles

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Playwright- tragedies; Antigone/ oedlipus Rex

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Alexander the Great

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Conquered known world; spread Greek culture

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Plato

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Philosopher (2)

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Homer

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Greatest Greek epic poet- The Iliad & The Odssey

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Hippocrates

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father of medicine

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Julius Caesar

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military general/statesman; assassinated

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Diocletian

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emperor, divides empire; persecutes Christians

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Theoddosius

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emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the empire

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Augustus Caesar

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First roman Emperor, began Pax Romana

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Constantine

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Emperor who moved capital to Constantinople

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Abraham/Ishmael/Isaac

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patriarchs (very important)

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Caliphs

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Religious/ political leaders who came after Muhammad

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Muhammad

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a merchant/ “The Prophet- teachings= Qur’an

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Charles Martel

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“The Hammer”- Battle of Tours- stopped spread of Islam into Europe; Grandfather of Charlemagne

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Charlemagne

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Emperor united/ Christianized W. Europe

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King Henry IV

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excommunicated/ Humbled by Pope Gregory

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Pope Urban II

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called for the first Crusade to win back the Holy Lands from Muslim control

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Pope Gregory VII

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proved supremacy of the Popes over kings

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King Edward I

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English King who focused on building castles

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Famous artist/ investor (mona Lisa)

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Raphael

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Painter (school of Athens/ Madonnas)

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Medici Family

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Lorenzo- patrons of Florence- incredible power (even bought the party- Pope Leo X- who Luther challenges)

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Johannes Gutenberg

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Inventor- movable type

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Michelangelo

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Famous sculptor (David) and painter (Sistine Chapel)

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Machiavelli

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Author of The Prince - “the end justifies the means”

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Martin Luther

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German monk- started protest Reformation

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Copernicus/Kepler/Galileo

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heliocentric theory

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Sir Isaac newton

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Laws of universal gravity and motion

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Portugal

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B. Dias (s. tip of Africa) Vasco de Gama (to Indies)

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Spain

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C. Columbus (New World by going W.); F. Megellan (First to circumnavigate the globe)

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John Cabot

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Explored and claimed N. America for England

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Sir Francis Bacon/Rene Descartes

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Scientific Method

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Prince Henry the navigator

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Portuguese- school for explorers

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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Spanish monarch - 1492= 2 big ideas

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Amerigo Vespucci

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First to explore/map out coast of new world

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Hernan Cortes

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Conquistador - defeated Aztecs

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Francisco Pizarro

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Conquistador - defeated Incas

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Montezuma

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Last aztec Emperor - Kidnapped

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Atahulpa

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Last Inca Emperor - Ransomed/Forced to convert/Killed

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philip II

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Macedonia conqueror of Greece, father of Alexander the Great

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