Conquestors

CONQUERORS

By Pablo García Rodríguez
  • 580 BCE

    Cyrus the Great

    Cyrus the Great
    Cyrus the Great was born around 580 BC. He conquered all of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Judea. Cyrus saw himself as a liberator of people and not a conqueror.
  • 395 BCE

    Atilla the Hun

    Atilla the Hun
    He was born in 395 BC.
    Attila ruled the largest European empire of his time, from 434 until his death in 453.
    During his reign he was one of the most staunch enemies of the Roman Empire
  • 247 BCE

    Hannibal

    Hannibal
    Hannibal was born in 247 Before Christ (B.C.).Hannibal wanted to be a solider like his father.His father died when he was 18. His army throught Spain, the Alps and into the Italy to conquer Rome.
  • 63 BCE

    August Cesar

    August Cesar
    August Cesar was born on September 23,63 BC .
    His mother came from a famous family and was niece of Julius Caesar.
    After Julius Caesar was assassinnated , he was named consul.
  • Apr 2, 742

    Charlemagne

    Charlemagne
    Charlemagne was one of the great leaders of the Middle Ages. He lived from April 2, 742 until January 28, 814. He is nicknamed the "Father of Europe".
  • 1028

    William “The Conqueror”

    William “The Conqueror”
    William was born in 1028 in Normandía.
    He was the first king of England of Norman origin, with a reign that lasted from 1066 until his death in 1087. Descendant of Vikings, from 1035 he was Duke of Normandy under the name of William II.
  • Apr 16, 1162

    Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan
    He was born on April 16 of 1162 in Mongolia.
    He was a Mongol warrior and conqueror who unified the nomadic tribes of this ethnic group in northern Asia, founding the first Mongol Empire, considered the second largest in history in terms of territorial expansion.
    He died in 1227.
  • 1480

    FERDINAND MAGELLAN

    FERDINAND MAGELLAN
    He was born in 1480.
    He was a Portuguese military man, explorer, sailor and navigator of noble lineage.
    He began the expedition in 1519 in which he discovered the natural navigable channel that today is called the Strait of Magellan, carrying out the first navigation of European origin from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

  • James Cook

    James Cook
    He was born in 1728 in England.
    He was a navigator, explorer, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy.1 Cook produced detailed maps of the island of Newfoundland before making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he established the first recorded contact of Europeans with the eastern coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the first circumnavigation of New Zealand.
    He died in 1779.

  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte
    Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769.He had four brothers and three sisters. Hi is a reconoced militar he trained in France.
    During the French Revolution, he was an ambitious and a brillant general.
    He was a dictator in France.