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30 Historical People from World History
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What famous person conquered the Inca?
Francisco Pizarro
King Ferdinand
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What famous person was able to attack and conquer England in 1066?
Charlemagne
William the Conqueror
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What famous British monarch sponsored many expeditions to the new world?
Elizabeth I
John Calvin
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What famous person was the first Holy Roman Emperor whose death caused chaos/feudalism?
Charlemagne
Augustus
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What famous person is the founder of Judaism?
Abraham
Ashurbanipal
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What famous person legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire?
Charlemagne
Constantine
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What famous person created a harsh law code used for a millennium in the Ancient Middle East?
Hammurabi
Shi Huang Di
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What famous person began the Church of England?
Justinian
King Henry VIII
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What famous person's death ended the Roman Republic?
Commodus
Julius Caesar
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What famous person is the founder of Buddhism?
Ghengis Khan
Siddhartha Guatama
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What famous Athenian leader built the Parthenon and led Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Pericles
Plato
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What famous person was the first European to sail to the American continents?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Da Gama
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What famous person is thought to have started Taoism?
Confucius
Lao-Tzu
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What famous person was crucified by Romans for his teachings?
Jesus
Moses
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What famous person was the creator and first emperor of the Roman Empire?
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
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What famous person was the first European to sail around Africa?
Marco Polo
Vasco da Gama
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What famous person invented the printing press, which revolutionized education?
Johannes Gutenberg
Socrates
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What famous Greek was an inventor, engineer, and mathematician?
Hippocrates
Archimedes
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What famous person signed the Magna Carta?
King John
Constantine
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What famous person spread Buddhism across Asia?
Ashoka
Gupta
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What famous person was the first Mesopotamian to create an Empire?
Hammurabi
Sargon
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What famous person brought the 10 Commandments to the Israelites?
Jesus
Moses
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What famous person was the founder of Islam?
Mohammed
Confucius
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What famous person proved the earth was not the center of the universe?
Aristotle
Galileo
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What famous person was the rich African king who converted to Islam?
Akhenaten
Mansa Musa
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What famous person painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Copernicus
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What famous person conquered the Persian Empire, causing the Hellenistic Age to begin?
Alexander
Hannibal
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What famous person came up with a math theorem that is still used today?
Pythagoras
Aristotle
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What famous person started the Confucian philosophy in China?
Confucius
Buddha
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What famous person was the first major Greek philosopher?
Socrates
Aristotle
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What famous person started the Protestant Reformation in Europe?
Martin Luther
John Calvin
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What famous person was the First Chinese Emperor?
Lao-Tzu
Shi Huang Di
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What famous person painted the Mona Lisa and sketched inventions ahead of their time?
John Calvin
Leonardo da Vinci
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What famous person called for all of Europe to go on the First Crusade?
King John of England
Pope Urban II
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What famous person simplified, updated, and organized the Roman 12 Table law code?
Justinian
Diocletian
