| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Fu Hao | a Chinese king's wife who led troops to war. Her tomb contained records of her time and life |
| Confucius | Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC) |
| Wudi | Liu great-grandson and a great ruler |
| Shihuanagdi | Chinese emperor who founded theQin dynasty ans unified China with a system of writing and money; his tomb contained the famous clay army |
| Han Gaozu | IMPORTANT PEOPLE: The first of the Han Dynasty. |
| Herodotus | the ancient Greek known as the father of history |
| Alexander the Great | king of Macedon |
| Pericles | Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece |
| Socrates | ancient Athenian philosopher |
| Hannibal | a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River, general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War |
| Scipio | Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC) |
| Julius Ceaser | Military leader, part of 1st Triumvirate, fights in pompey, wins and becomes dictator for life in Rome |
| Diocletian | He was a general that became emperor in A.D. 284, introduced reforms |
| Constantine | a walled city in northeastern Algeria east of Algiers |
| Pope leo III | Unexpectedly crowned Charlemagne "Emperor of the Romans |
| charlemage | king of franks from A. D. 768 to 814 and emperor of rome from 800 to 814 |
| King John | Henry's younger son, he taxed his barons heavily, he sealed the Magna Carta, became King in 1199 |
| Petrarch | an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374) |
| Lorenzo di Medici | Ruler of Florence during the Renaissance (also known as "Lorenzo the Magnificent"). |
| Pope Urban II | Which pope called for a Christian Crusade against the forces of Islam in 1095 c.e.? |
| Queen Elizabeth I | Virginia is named after; sent Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert to colonize America |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | one of the most famouse artists and scientists of the Renaissance- Mona Lisa and the Last Supper |
| Michelango | Sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet. works included; statue of david, sistine chapel mural. |
| Martin Luther | a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. |
| Copernicus | Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543) |
| Johann Gutenburg | a craftsman from mainz, germany, develpoed a printing process |
| William Shakespeare | English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616) |
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