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midterm review. world his
identifications
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History
10th Grade
12/17/2008

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Leonardo da Vinci
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One of the most famous painters of the Italian Renaissance and is best known for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
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Rosetta Stone
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Found by Champollion and was the key to deciphering hieroglyphics and had greek, latin, and hieroglyphic.
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Siddhartha Gautama
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the founder of Buddhism
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Hagia Sophia
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built under Emperor Justinian in Constantinople
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Jacob
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father of Israelites; his sons became the leaders of the twelve tribes of israel
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Abraham
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god made a covenant with him; was given the ten commandments
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Flanders
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place in france; very active for trade (textiles); Paris is in it and it's how it became a major city in fashion.
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Herodotus
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wrote history and separated fact from fiction
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Saladin
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leader of seljuks
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Confucius
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his teaching consisted of "do unto others as you would want unto you" ; his teachings were collected in a work called Analects; chinese scholar who taught social harmony and stressed five relationships
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Constantine
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roman emperor who built the city of Constantinople; reunites east and west of roman empire; stops persecution of Christian with the Edict of Mulan; defeated army becaues he put the sign of the cross on his shield.
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Phillip of Macedonia
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invades and unites the city states of Greece and invades the Persians; was held in captivity
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Pericles
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general of athens; "Golden Age"
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Clithenes
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this man gave citizenship to males with land; made a constitution, trial by jury, allowed more common males in the Council
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Alexander the Great
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conquered almost the whole known world; lead greeks to victories; Hellenistic Period; massive cultural diffusion, died at 33.
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Justinian
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ruler of the Byzantine Empire when it was at its climax; had the Hagia Sophia built; married to Theodora; expanded empire greatly; came up with a Code of Law that is still used in the west today as a basis of law for society
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Hannibal
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general of the Carthaginian army in Spain during the Second PUnic war; he took a city in spain and then tried to take the war into italy itself; led elephants up the alps; more than half of his army died before they reached Italy;
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Augustus Caesar
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laid the foundation for the Roman Empire; rebuilt rome; Pax Romana begins with him; took the title _ meaning sacred majesty; fair taxes and mainted peace
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Hammurabi
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ruler of Mesopotamia; brought entire region under his control, reoganized the taz system and ordered local officials to build and repair irrigation canal; organized strong govt. "to make justice appear in the land" ; he collected laws of city states and created a law code
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Hapshepsut
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queen in egypt
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