People Of Global 9 Flashcards
1
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Who is Constantine?
A
- Rome
- moved capital from Rome to Byzantium
- later renamed to Constantinople
- ended persecution of Christians with edicts of Milan
2
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Who was Marcus Aurelius?
A
- his death started the decline of Rome
- his death caused end of Pax Romana
3
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Who were the gracchus brothers?
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- Rome
- Tiberius and Gaius
- tried to reform and help rome’s poor
- met violent deaths
4
Q
Who was Julius Caesar?
A
- Rome
- consul
- helped reform
- stabbed and killed on March 15, 44 BC
5
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Who was Octavian/augustus?
A
- Rome
- start of Roman Empire, end of republic
- was a consul 13x
- stable and powerful govt
- liked by Romans
- great military leader
- PAX ROMANA
6
Q
Who was Hannibal?
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- Carthage
- led Carthage in Punic wars
7
Q
Who was queen Hatshepsut?
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-Egypt
8
Q
Who was Thutmose III?
A
-Egypt
9
Q
Who was Ramses II?
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-Egypt
10
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Who was Abraham?
A
-founder of Judaism
11
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Who was chandragupta maurya?
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- Mauryan empire
- strict and harsh
- vast army
12
Q
Who was Asoka?
A
- Mauryan empire
- ruled by Buddhism
- the rockedicts
13
Q
Who was siddharta gautama?
A
- founder of Buddhism
- made four noble truths
- followed eightfold path
14
Q
Who was Liu bang?
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- Han dynasty
- rose from peasant background to overthrow qin
15
Q
Who was wudi?
A
- Han dynasty
- led Han dynasty through golden age
16
Q
Who was Confucius?
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-founder of Confucianism
17
Q
Who was laozi?
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-founder of daoism
18
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Who was Han fei tzu?
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-founder of legalism
19
Q
Who was Pericles?
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- Greece
- led Athens through golden age
- good politician
20
Q
Who was Socrates?
A
- Greece
- philosopher
21
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Who was Plato?
A
- Greece
- philosopher
22
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Who was Aristotle?
A
- Greece
- philosopher
23
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Who was Pythagoras?
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- Greece
- made Pythagorean theorem
- great mathematician
24
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Who was Herodotus?
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- Greece
- father of history
- separated fact from fiction
25
Who was Hippocrates?
- Greece
- father of medicine
- Hippocrates oath
26
Who was Alexander the Great?
- Macedonia
- took over Greece
- spread Hellenistic culture
27
Who was Justinian?
- Byzantine empire
- emperor
- Justinian code
- built Hagia Sophia ("holy wisdom")
- beat Nika rebellion
- plague named Justinian plague
28
Who was Theodora?
- Byzantine empire
- justinian's wife
- helped Justinian
29
Who was Ivan III?
- Russia
- refused to pay mongol's tribute
- bloodless standoff = liberation
30
Who was Diocletian?
- Rome
- divided empire into east and west
- doubled size of roman army
31
Who was Muhammad?
- founder of Islam
- "prophet of Islam"
- messenger of Allah
32
Who was empress wu?
- tang dynasty
| - first woman to assume title of empress for herself
33
Who was Clovis?
- Frankish kingdoms
| - accepted Christianity
34
Who was Charles Martel?
- Frankish kingdoms
- "Charles the hammer"
- protected Christianity
35
Who was pepin the short?
- Frankish kingdoms
| - started process of helping the pope
36
Who was Charlemagne?
- Frankish kingdoms
- nearly doubled borders
- revived learning
- holy roman emperor
37
Who was Louis he pious?
- Frankish kingdoms
- charlemagnes son
- could not fulfill father'so responsibilities
- passed rule to 3 sons with treaty of verdun
38
Who were Charles the bald, lothair, and Louis Louis the German?
- Frankish kingdom
- sons of Louis the pious
- central authority broke down
- lack of strong rulers led to feudalism
39
Who was Marco Polo?
- traveled in 1200s
- traveled many years in China
- met kublai khan
40
Who was Ibn battuta?
- traveled in 1300s
- traveler and writer
- devout Muslim
- visited places in Islamic empire
41
Who was ieyasu?
- japan
| - founded Tokugawa shogunate
42
Who was sundiata Kiera?
- Mali
- restored gold salt trade
- agriculture flourished
- gained territory
43
Who was mansa musa?
- Mali
- opened trade routes and protected trade caravans
- Timbuktu becomes a learning center
44
Who was Askia Muhammad?
- Songhai
- divided empire into 5 provinces
- maintained peace and security with cavalry and navy
45
Who was William the conqueror?
- European monarchies
- invaded England
- first census since roman times
46
Who was Henry I?
- European monarchies
| - gave royal courts more authority
47
Who was Henry II?
- European monarchies
| - set up system of common law
48
Who was king John?
- European monarchies
| - forced to sign Magna Carta
49
Who was Phillip Augustus II?
- France
- doubled area of domain
- formed semipermanent army
50
Who were Louis VII of France and Holy roman emperor Conrad III?
- led second crusade
- constantly quarreled
- easily defeated by Turks
51
Who was Saladin?
- Muslim
- captured Jerusalem
- was nice to other religions
52
Who was Frederick Barbarossa, king Phillip Augustus, and king Richard?
- led 3rd crusade
- Barbarossa died
- Phillip Augustus went home
- Richard kept fighting
- couldn't compete with loyal and well trained Muslim forces
53
Who was Filipino Brunelleschi?
- Renaissance
| - built some for the cathedral of Florence
54
Who was Donatello?
- Renaissance
| - first sculptor to cast large, freestanding nude statue
55
Who was Michelangelo?
- Renaissance
| - sculpted works for pope
56
Who was William Shakespeare?
- Renaissance
| - playwright
57
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
- invented moveable metal type
| - made publishing books cheaper and faster
58
Who was Martin Luther?
- Protestant reformation
- justification by faith
- wrote 95 theses
- Lutheranism
59
Who was John Calvin?
- Protestant reformation
- predestination
- Calvinism
60
Who was Ignatius of Loyola?
- counter reformation
- Spanish noble
- founded Jesuits
61
Who was Teresa of Avila?
- Spanish nun
- known for spiritual writings
- made sure people were following rules
- made a nun after her death
62
Who was prince Henry the navigator?
- Portugal
- studied navigation
- sponsored many exploratory voyages
- discovery of Azores, the Madeira islands, and the Cape Verde islands
63
Who was bartholomeau Dias?
- Portugal
- discovered cape of good hope
- proved ships could reach easy Asia by traveling around Africa
64
Who was Vasco de gama?
- Portugal
- sailed from Portugal o India
- trading, glimpse of riches that could come from direct trade
65
Who was Christopher Columbus?
- Spain
| - first Europeans to reach Bahamas
66
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
- Spain
- "soldier of fortune"
- reached strait, named Strait of Magellan
- renamed Pacific Ocean
67
Who was hernan Cortes?
- Spanish conqueror
| - killed thousands of Aztecs
68
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
- Spanish conqueror
- invaded inca empire
- killed thousands of incas
69
Who was Henry Hudson?
- Netherlands
| - claimed land for the Dutch
70
Who was Jacques Cartier?
- French
| - sailed up modern day st. Lawrence river and present say Montreal
71
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
- France
- French mapmaker
- founded Quebec
72
Who was genghis khan?
- Mongol
- organized disciplined armies
- skilled horsemen and bowmen
73
who was kublai khan?
- Mongol
- conquered rest of china (south)
- created yuan dynasty
