People To Know Flashcards

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Aristotle

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3rd greek Philosopher

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Socrates

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First greek philosopher

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Sophocles

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Greek Playwright of tragedies - Antigone and Oedipus Rex are examples

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Alexander the Great

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Conquered known world and spread greek culture

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5
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Plato

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2nd greek philosopher

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Homer

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Greatest greek epic poet- the Iliad and odyssey

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Hippocrates

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Greek Father of medicine

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Julius Caesar

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Roman military general/ statesman- assassinated

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Diocletian

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Emperor- divides empire - persecuted Christians

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Theodocius

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Emperor who made Christianity an official language of the empire.

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Augustus Cesar

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First roman emperor - began Pax Romana

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Constantine

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Emperor who moved Capitol to Constantinople

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Abraham / Ishmael / Isaac

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Patriarches

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14
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Caliphs

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Religious and political leaders that 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 the spread of Islam into Europe - grandfather of Charlemagne.

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Charlemagne

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Emperor United/ christianized Europe

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King Henry IV

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Excommunicated / humbled by the pope

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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 popes had more power than kings.

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King Edward I

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English kind who focused of building castles.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Famous artist and dyslexic inventor - “ a thinker “

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Raphiel

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Painter - great great painter knew how to do what he did.

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Medici family - Lorenzo

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Patrons of Florance - incredible power .

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Johannes Gutenberg

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Inventor - movable type

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Michaelangelo

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Famous sculptor - david - painter of the Sistine chapel.

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Machiavelli

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

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Martin Luther

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German monk - started Protestant reformation

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Copernicus / Kepler / Galileo

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The heliocentric theory

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Sir Isaac Newton

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Laws of universal gravity and notion

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Portugal

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Dias gama

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Spain

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Colombus Magellan

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John Cabot

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Claimed north aname rica for England

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Bacon and Descartes

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Scientific method

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Prince Hebert the navigator

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Portugeuse school for explorers

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Ferdinand and isobella

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Spanish morarch 2 big deals

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America Vespucci

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First to explore and map the coasts of The new world

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Philip II

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Macedonian conquer of Greece- father of Alexander the Great greek

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Hernen Cortez

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Canquestador- 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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Atahualpa

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Last Incan emperor - ransomed/forced to Convert/kill