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2000 BCE
Abraham (Hebrew leader)
He is the Founded of Judaism. -
1300 BCE
Moses (Israelite leader ) 1300s BC
He ledes the Jews out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments. -
429 BCE
Pericles (Greek statesman) 494 – 429 BC
He ledes Athens during its golden age, often called the Age of Pericles. -
399 BCE
Socrates (Greek philosopher) 469 – 399 BC
He taught students to examine their beliefs and developed a questionand-answer method of teaching called the Socratic method. -
347 BCE
Plato (Greek philosopher) 427 – 347 BC
He wrote The Republic, in which he described his ideal society. -
323 BCE
Alexander the Great (Macedonian king) 356 – 323 BC
He built an empire that included Greece, Persia, Egypt, and part of
Central Asia. -
322 BCE
Aristotle (Greek philosopher) 384 – 322 BC
He summarized most knowledge up to his time and invented rules of logic that contributed to the modern scientific method. -
44 BCE
Caesar, Julius (Roman general and dictator) 100 – 44 BC
He expanded the Roman Empire. -
4 BCE
Jesus (Jewish religious leader) 4 BC – AD 28
He is the founded of Christianity. -
570
Muhammad (Muslim prophet) 570 – 632
He is the founded of Islam. -
Nov 10, 1483
Luther, Martin (German theologian) 1483–1546
He started the Reformation. -
Locke, John (English philosopher) 1632 – 1704
he was a leader of the Enlightenment and promoted democratic
thinking. -
Washington, George (American general and president) 1732 – 1799
Commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolution and served as the first president of the United States. -
Jefferson, Thomas (American president, architect, and inventor) 1743–1826
He wrote the Declaration of Independence. -
Bonaparte, Napoleon (French general and emperor) 1769 – 1821
He built a vast French empire and he is considered one of the world’s great military geniuses along with Alexander the Great, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar. -
Lincoln, Abraham (American president) 1809 – 1865
He leds the United States through the American Civil War. -
Marx, Karl (German philosopher) 1818 – 1883
He is the founded the mass movements of democratic socialism and
revolutionary communism. -
Sun Yat-sen (Chinese leader) 1866 – 1925
He became known as the “father of modern China” for leading a
revolution that overthrew the last Chinese emperor. -
Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Indian political and religious leader) 1869 – 1948
He helped India gain its independence from Great Britain by a method of nonviolent resistance. -
Lenin, Vladimir (Russian dictator) 1870 – 1924
He is the founded the Communist Party in Russia and established the world’s first Communist Party dictatorship. -
Stalin, Joseph (Soviet dictator) 1878 – 1953
He used terror to transform the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state and to modernize its economy. -
Hitler, Adolf (German dictator) 1889–1945
He initiated World War II and the Holocaust. -
Mao Tse-tung (Chinese dictator) 1893–1976
He ledes the Communist revolution in China. -
Mandela, Nelson (South African anti-apartheid leader)
He became the first black president of South Africa. -
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (American civil rights leader) 1929–1968
He led the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s.
