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"Who Am I" Flashcards

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As Buddha, I taught anout the Four Noble Turths and the Eightfold Path to teach Nirvana

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Siddhartha Gautama

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I was the Muslim King of Mali. I made a pilgrimage to Mecca and made Timbuktu a center of Islamic learning. My kingdom because rich from the gold-salt trade

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Mansa Musa

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As a Chinese philosopher, I believed in the Five Relationships and filial piety

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Confucious

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I was a Venetian trader who traveled extensively in Asia and wrote a book of my travels.

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Marco Polo

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I was a Chinese mariner, explorer, and admiral who voyaged with my trasured fleets

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Zheng He

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I was the founder of the Mughal Empire, which became the largest Empire in the world.

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Genghis Khan

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I was an Islamic scholar who traveled throughout the world and recorded my travels

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Ibn Battuta

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I was the emperor of the Qin dynasty who united, unified, and standardized China for the first time.

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Shi Huangdi

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I was the Shogun of Japan who brought peace and stability to Japan, but also isolation

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

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I am the Spanish conquistador responsible for the ultimate defeat of the defeat fo the Aztec Empire

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Hernan Cortez

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I was the greatest ruler of the Maurya Empire of India. THough a great military leader, i covnerted to Buddhism after a battle and promoted tolerance with my Rock Pillar Edicts

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Asoka

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I was the most renowned and popular of the Mughal Rulers for my Religious Tolerance

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Akbar the Great

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I was a Babylonian King who cared the 282 laws (“eye for an eye”) into pillars for all to see

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Hammurabi

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I was a Prophet who recieved the word of God from the angel Gabriel near Mecca. I established the Islamic religion based on these revalations (the Koran).

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Prophet Muhammed

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I was a Macedonian general, tutored by Aristotle, who defeated the Persians and conquered the greatest empire in the Ancient World. I spread Hellenistic culture.

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Alexander the Great

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I was a German monk who was upset with the sale of indulgences who posted the 95 Theses

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Martin Luther

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My moveable printing press made books easier to produce and sell in 1493

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Johannes Gutenberg

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I painted the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and created many inventions

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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I led the French to victory during the 100 years War, but was burned at the stake

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Joan of Arc

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In 1096 AD I called for a Holy war to recapture Jerusalem in the name of Christianity

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Pope Urban II

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I was famous for constructing the Parthenon and promoting democracy in Athens

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Pericles

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I was a popular Roman general and politician, but the Senate killed me in 44BC

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Julius Caesar

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I was a philosopher of Ancient Greece known for my method of asking questions and my most famous student was Plato, who recorded many of my teachings in the “Dialogues.”

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Socrates

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I was the Absolute Monarch of Spain who launched and lsot the Spanish Armada in 1588

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Philip II

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I was a philosopher famous for my ideads regarding freedom of speech and religion

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Voltaire

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I was a shrewd renaissance politician who believed “the ends justify the means.”

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Niccolo Macchiavelli

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For a divorce, I had Parliament pass the Act of Supremacy to create the Anglican Church

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Henry VIII

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During the Protestant Reformation, I believed in predetermination and hard work.

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John Calvin

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Eureka! My engineerign skills in Ancient Greece gave the world the lever and pulley, the laws of buoancy, a mechanism for raising water through a tube, and even a death ray

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Archimedes

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I opened my window to Europe at St. Petersburg to modernize/westernize Russia

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Peter the Great

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I believed in natural law and natural rights such as life, liberty, and property

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John Locke

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I was a Polish astronomer that first developed the Heliocentric THeory in the 16th century

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Nicolas Copernicus

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As Emperor of Rome, I began a 100-year period of prosperity known as the Pax Romana

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Augustus Caesar

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As the “Sun King” I built the Palace of Versailles in Frnace to control the nobility

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Louis XIV

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I was crowned as the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800AD by the Pope in the Middle Ages

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Charlemagne

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I was a protestant Queen of England who defeated Spain in 1588 and had strong leadership

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Queen Elizabeth I

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As the favorite of the Medici Family and several Popes, my art is often considered among the greatest ever created, especially the Pieta statue and the Sitince Chapel paintings

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Michaelangelo

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I modernized/westernized, obtained warm-water ports and founded a school for women

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Catherine the great

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I was the “Lawgiver: of the Ottoman empire, which reached its zenith under my rule

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Suleiman the Magnificent

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I was the founder of Daoism in China during the Warring States period

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Lao Tzu

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I was a major figure for early medicine in Ancient greece

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Hippocrates

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I was a persian king who attempted to conquer the Greeks, but lost at Marathon

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Darius I

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I was a Carthaginian general and a major nemesis of the early Roman Empire

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Hannibal

44
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I was the first Roman emperor who converted to Christianity

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Constantine

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I was the most famous Byzantine Emperor who codified much of old Roman Law

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Justinian I

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I was the grandson of Genghis Khan who became and emperor of Yuan dynasty china

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Kublai Khan

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I was a famous renaissance artist who painted “the school of athens”

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Raphael

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I was the Danish Reniassance scientist who discovered taht orbits are actually elliptical

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Johannes Kepler

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I was a English Renaissance playwright who created many famous plays and sonnets

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Shakespeare

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I was a Renaissance scientist who used a telescope to prove the Heliocentric Theory

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Galileo Galilei

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I was a mathematician and scientist who advanced calculus, physics, and gravity

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Sir Isacc Newton

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I was an enlightenment thinker who believed in majority rule

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Jean-Jacques Rosseau

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I was an Enlightenment thinker who believed in the separation of powers of government

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Baron de Montesquieu

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I was an Enlightenment thinker who believed in equality and education for women

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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I was a Renaissance scientist and writer who advocated for the Scientific Method

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Sir Francis Bacon

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