People Flashcards
(18 cards)
I was the first European 2 reach India by sea. Opened up a spice trade.
Vasco da Gama
I led the first expedition 2 sail around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
Traveled the Silk Road 2 China. Wrote detailed accounts of Asian culture.
Marco Polo
Founder of Christianity.
JESUSSSS!!! 🖤🖤🖤
Founder of Islam. Received revelations that became the Quran.
Muhammad
Founder of Buddhism. Taught the path of Enlightenment thru meditation.
Buddha
Developed socratic method of questioning (ez geez).
Socrates
Wrote about the IDEAL government. (gov’n should be led by trained, informed, & balanced ppl). you wish the U.S had this, huh?
Plato
studied science & created the idea of logic. laid the foundation we use in modern science.
Aristotle
Painted the Sistine Chapel?! 😭 Sculpted David Statue.
Michelangelo
Wrote 37 plays & 154 sonnets. Created words we still use today.
William Shakespeare
created one of the largest empires in history thru military conquest. Spread Greek culture around Asia.
Alexander the Great
Created first written law code. Ruled Babylonian Empire.
Hammurabi
Egypt’s most successful FEMALE pharaoh. Built great monuments & temples.
Hatshepsut
Led England’s Golden Age. Defeated Spanish Armada.
Elizabeth I
Proved the Earth revolved around the Sun. Changed our view of the universe.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Discovered laws of planetary motion. Showed planets moved in ellipses.
Johannes Kepler
Improved telescope. Supported Copernicus’s beliefs.
Galileo Galilei