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Abraham: Jews believe that God first called to Abraham. In the Bible, the first patriarch and progenitor of the Hebrew people. He was the father of Isaac
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Augustus: commander in chief/ emperor. New system of governing stabilized frontiers.
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Brahma: The creator god in later Hinduism, who forms a triad with Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer
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Constantine: first Christian emperor
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da Vinci: Painter in Italy. Accomplished artist, architect, mathematician, writer, poet and horseman. Painted the last summer
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Dalai Lama: The spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism and, until the establishment of Chinese communist rule, the spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet
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de Medici Family: made Florence the cultural center. Supported art
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Etruscans: most influenced the early Rome. north of Rome in Etruria. controlled Rome and most of Latium. Turned Rome into a city. Rome
adopted the dress and organization
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Gandhi: Prominent in the opposition to British rule in India, he pursued a policy of nonviolent civil disobedience. He was assassinated following his agreement to the creation of Pakistan
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Jesus: prophet of God in the Christian religion
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Julius Caesar: Richest man in Rome. Military command in Spain. Part of the first Triumvirate. Caesar command in Syria. Caesar made dictator
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King Henry VIII: established the Church of England for political rather than religious reasons
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Martin Luther: Man who founded prodisten religion for christians. Believed that Catholic religion was wrong.
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Mary: One of Jesus decibels, first to find his tomb
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Michelangelo: carved human figures that evoke classical greek forms (David)
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Monk: A member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
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Muhammad: Prophet of God for the Muslims/ Islam's
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Paul: One of Jesus decibels
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Pope: The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Raphael: Italy painter. paintings of Virgin Mary. frescoes in the Vatican Palace. Painted the School of Athens
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Shia: One of the two main branches of Islam, followed esp. in Iran, that rejects the first three Sunni caliphs and regards Ali, the fourth caliph, as Muhammad's first true successor
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Shiva: One of the principal Hindu deities, worshiped as the destroyer and restorer of worlds and in numerous other forms. Shiva is often conceived as a member of the triad also including Brahma and Vishnu
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Siddhartha: founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god
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Sunni: One of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox, and differing from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna and in its acceptance of the first three caliphs.
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The Prince: Niccolo Maciavelli's book about politial power and what people want and how the prince should act
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Vishnu: A god, regarded by his worshipers as the supreme deity and savior, by others as the preserver of the cosmos in a triad with Brahma and Shiva