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Darius 1
Feudal Monarch: King
Persia
September 522 BCE to October 486 BCE (35 years)
Attempted to conquer Greece and failed several times
Bio→ The son of Hystaspes; Darius claimed that he was restoring kingship to the rightful Achaemenid house; imposed his rule by force; rebels in the Egypt country were Darius visited and killed all rebels because of Insubordination. -
Oct 19, 1162
Genghis Khan
Empire: Warrior, Military Leader
Mongolia
1162-1227
-He brought the Mongol name to the outer world, and made them a fearsome horde; He fought and conquered almost all of the Eurasian Steppe Plains. -
Oct 19, 1500
Hatshepsut
Theocracy
Egypt
Around 1500 BC-1468 BC
Was the only woman to ever become pharaoh. She created statues of the sphinx with her face on it. She had images of a journey carved on the wall of the temple she was buried in. -
Oct 19, 1509
Henry VII
Constitutional Monarchy: King, and Emperor
England
1509-1547
He took the throne at age 17, over the next 15 years he fought wars with france. He was a very active king when he ruled. -
Jan 15, 1558
Elizabeth 1
Constitutional Monarchy: Queen
•England
•1558-1603(44 years)
•Bio→ Daughter of King Henry VII;She is the queen of the monarch of England; Accused of being part of a Protestant rebellion;she expanded england overseas; She defeated the Spanish Armada -
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell, military leader,council of state
England
1640-1649
Was the lord protector of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland during the republican commonwealth -
Indira Gandhi
Parliamentary Constitutional Republic: Prime Minister of India.
Indiarederick The Great; Feudalism Empire: King
Germany
31 May 1740-17 August 1786
Conquered a lot of territory from Prussia; Won th
1966-1984
Signed the Shimla Agreement, agreeing to resolve the dispute of Kashmir by peaceful mean; Help create the new nation of Bangladesh; Led the Green Revolution. -
Adolf Hitler
Fascist, Dictator
Germany
1933-1945
He initiated World War II. Hitler invaded poland and that caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany. Hitler also started the Holocaust, he held Jews in a concentration camp while they awaited their death. -
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Prime Minister
British
1940-1945
Rallied the british people during WWII and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory -
Ho chi Minh
Communism
Vietnam
1945-1969
Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary leader and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. -
Saddam Hussein
Dictatorship
Iraq
July 16, 1979- April 9, 2003
He was the fifth president of Iraq, a leading member of Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party. Throught the 1970’s, Saddam cemented his authority over the apparatuses of government. He was widely condemned in the west for the brutality of his dictatorship. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Communism: General Secretary of the Soviet Union
Russia
1990-1991
Won the Nobel Peace Prize; Grammy; Indira Gandhi Prize; Elected the First President of Russia. -
Vicente Fox
Federal Republic: President
• Mexico
•2000-2006
•Bio→ Fox’s proposals, particularly his plans to increase taxes as part of sweeping reforms to stabilize the Mexican economy and banking system -
Cleisthenes
Cleisthenes, Ancient Greek ruler
508-570 BC
Increased size of the council that governed Athens to 500, and he recognized Athenian tribes on a geographical rather than families basis -
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Great, King of Prussia, Emperor
Iranian
529-580 BC
Defeated the Median army and united the Persians and medians under his rule -
Diocletian
Diocletian: Empire: Emperor, Military Commander
Roman
284 CE to 305 CE
Bio→ Diocletian was a son in a poor family; He rose through the ranks of the military with the highest position; His co-emperor Carinus was assassinated by their own officer; Diocletian took another huge step and found the “Tetrarchy” (the rule of four), known for a very harsh persecution of the Christians.