People

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He conquered most of the ancient world from Asia Minor to Egypt and India, which began the Hellenistic culture

which was a blending of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian

influences.

1a

Alexander the Great

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President of Egypt between 1970 and 1981. He was assassinated by Islamic

fundamentalists for making peace with Israel

2a

Anwar al-Sadat

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President of the Palestine National Authority and Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Considered by many to be a terrorist, he has in recent

years been accepted as the legitimate authority to speak for the Palestinians. His goals is to create a

homeland for the displaced Palestinians.

3a

Yasir Arafat

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Nomadic warriors from Central Asia who migrated into India around 1500 BCE.

They are responsible for many aspects of current Indian culture including their

language, sacred texts called the Vedas, and a system of government that later

evolved into the caste system.

4a

Aryans

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Nationalist leader of Turkey who is responsible for modernizing and

westernizing his country after World War I. This enabled Turkey to resist imperialist attempts at takeover by various European

powers.

5a

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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First emperor of Rome (27 BCE – 14 CE) He restored order and prosperity to the Empire after nearly a century of turmoil.

Grandnephew to Julius Caesar.

6a

Caesar Augustus

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Islamic religious leader who led a fundamentalist revolution in

Iran in 1979. Ruled until 1989.

7a

Ayatollah Khomeini

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Enlightenment thinker from France who wrote a book called, The Spirit of the Laws in 1748. He states that government should

divide itself according to its powers, creating a Judicial, Legislative, and

Executive branch.

8a

Baron de Montesquieu

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First Prime Minister of Israel.

9a

David Ben-Gurion

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Latin American revolutionary responsible for the ousting of

Spain from much of South America during the 19th

century.

10a

Simón Bolívar

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Early name of communists during the Russian Revolution

of 1917

11a

Bolshevik

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Emperor of the French. Responsible for many French Revolution reforms as well as conquering most of Europe.

12a

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982. During his control

of the Soviet Union, relations with the West, as well as the

Soviet economy, experienced a long period of stagnation.

13a

Leonid Brezhnev

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Roman general and statesman. He is responsible for setting up the imperial

system in Rome which placed his

grandnephew, Augustus, on the throne.

14a

Julius Caesar

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French Cardinal and politician responsible for

instituting absolutist practices in France

15a

Cardinal Richelieu

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Leader of the Cuban Revolution and communist dictator of

Cuba.

16a

Fidel Castro

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An enlightened despot who ruled over Russia. She is responsible for many

positive changes in Russia, as well as securing the country a warm water

port.

17a

Catherine the Great

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British politician and Prime Minster of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945, and 1951 to 1955. He is regarded as the

finest British leader of the 20th century and was instrumental in leading Britain

to victory during World War II.

18a

Sir Winston Churchill

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He believed that the only cure for China’s social disorder was to stress a sense of

social order and mutual respect, a philosophy that later became known as

Confucianism.

19a

Confucius

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Leader of the English Revolution that deposed the Stuart monarchs

in favor of a short lived Republic.

20a

Oliver Cromwell

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He was overthrown during the Russian Revolution of

1917.

21a

Czar Nicholas II

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The white South African president who ended

Apartheid in the early 1990s.

22a

F.W. de Klerk

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Latin American revolutionary. He is one of the main leaders

of the Latin American independence movement

23a

Jose de San Martín

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Chinese Communist leader. Ruled from 1978

until 1997

24a

Deng Xiaoping

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Queen of England and Ireland between 1558 and 1603. She

was an absolute monarch and is considered to be one of the most successful rulers of all

time.

25a

Elizabeth I