Marco Polo
| A Venetian trader that went and learned about China under Kublai Khan
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Mohammed
| The prophet of Islam: born in 570 in clan of Quraysh tribe in Mecca
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Pepin
| Mayor of the Palace of the whole Frankish kingdom (both Austrasia and Neustria), and later King of the Franks; born 714; died at St. Denis, 24 September, 768. He was the son of Charles Martel
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Pope Innocent III
| Supported Otto, believing Otto will give church back power but Otto betrayed and seized church’s land and distributed among vassals
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Prince Shotoku
| Important Japanese regent and scholar of the Asuka period… promoted Buddhism and Confucianism, reinstituted embassies to China, and adopted the Chinese calendar and court ranks
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Queen Isabella
| queen of Castile (1474–1504) and of Aragon (1479–1504), ruling the two kingdoms jointly from 1479 with her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon (Ferdinand V of Castile). Their rule effected the permanent union of Spain and the beginning of an overseas empire in the New World, led by Christopher Columbus
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T’ang
| Chinese emperor who overthrew the Hsia dynasty and founded the Shang dynasty
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Thomas Aquinas
| Creator of one of the great syntheses of medieval learning; believed that through reason it was possible to know much about natural order, moral law, and nature of God
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Timur Lang
| leader of Turkic nomads - last Mongol nomad
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Umayidd
| powerful Muslim family
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Vladimir
| Ruler of Russian kingdom of Kiev – converted kingdom to Christianity
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William the Conqueror
| Invaded England, was Duke of Normandie, and created a centralized feudal system
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Wu Zhao
| Empress in China; supported Buddhism
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Al Khwarizmi
| Persian scientist, mathematician, astronomer/astrologer, and author. He is often cited as "the father of algebra", which was named after a part of the title of his book, Hisab al-jabr w'al-muqabala, along with the algorism number system
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Omar Khayyam
| He was famous during his lifetime as a mathematician and astronomer who calculated how to correct the Persian calendar. he objected to the notion that every particular event and phenomenon was the result of divine intervention; nor did he believe in any Judgement Day or rewards and punishments after life. Instead he supported the view that laws of nature explained all phenomena of observed life
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Rubaiyat in Persian
| Rubaiyat is a common shorthand name for the collection of Persian verses known more formally as the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. In fact, rubaiyat (a plural word derived from the arabic root meaning 'four') means "quatrains" in the Persian language
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Li Tai-Po
| Chinese poet living in Tang Dynasty . He is best known for the extravagant imagination and striking Taoist imagery in his poetry, as well as for his great love for liquor. He is said to have drowned in the Yangtze River, having fallen from his boat while drunkenly trying to embrace (the reflection of) the moon
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Ibn Battuta
| Arab traveler/trader who commented on African traveling security, cities
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Mansa Musa
| African prince from Mali who gave out so much gold during a pilgrimage it devalued
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Prince Shotoku
| Prince of Japan. When young, received Buddhist influences from relatives that were affected by Paekche and Kokuryo Buddhisms. Established an official rank system (based on Chinese and Korean official rank system) and a constitution (stressed the acceptable behaviors of the people) and spread Buddhism around Japan
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William the Conqueror
| Duke of Normandy who invaded England in 1066 and conquered it
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King John
| Younger brother of King Richard, & bad king of England basically
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Louis IX
| Louis IX or Saint Louis,1214–70, king of France (1226–70), son and successor of Louis VIII
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Aristotle
| Greek philosopher; teacher of Alexander the Great; knowledge based on observation of phenomena in material world
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Plato
| Greek philosopher; knowledge based on consideration of ideal forms outside the material world; proposed ideal abstract form of government abstract principles
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Cicero
| Conservative Roman senator; stoic philosopher; one of the greatest orators of his day; killed in reaction to assassination of Julius Caesar
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Charlemagne
| king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
| queen of France as the wife of Louis VII; that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122-1204)
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Genghis Khan
| successful military leader, united mongol tribes, was the founder of the mongol empire (1206-1368)
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Montezuma
| emperor of the Aztecs who saw his empire defeated by the Spanish
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