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- Justinian
- emperor of Byzantine empire hoped to revive glory and power of the Roman empire ruled from 527 until 565
- Theodora
- Justinian's wife one of his advisers
- Vladimir I
- sent observers to Christian church services ruler of Kievan Russia convertd to Christianity
- Moors
- Muslims who lived in Spain
- Sunni
- branch if Islam believed agreement among muslims should settle religious and worldly matters
- Charlemagne
- Pepin III's son greatest of all Frankish kings
- Shi'ah
- branch of Islam believed only imams should decide religious and worldly matters
- Empress Wu
- was made Empress of the Tang Dynasty in 655 had her political opponents exiled/executed brought about positive social changes
- Tang
- dynasty in China defeated the invading Turks to the north and west extended China's frontiers farther west than ever before capital: Xi'an
- Shang
- dynasty in China cultural and artistic progress
- Genghis Khan
- fierce Mongol leader 'Temujin' his name also means 'Universal Ruler'
- Marco Polo
- famous merchant and explorer wrote the book: The Travels of Marco Polo traveled around China for 17 years
- Charles Martel
- Pepin II's son known as 'Charles the Hammer' defeated the Spanish Moors in 732
- William the Conquerer
- overcame armed Anglo-Saxon resistance became king as a result of Norman Conquest
- John Locke
- English philosopher ideas framed Declaration of Independence natural rights (if violated by government, the social contract is broken)
- Urban II
- Pope involved in the Crusades wanted to get back the Holy Land
- Leonardo da Vinci
- architect/engineer/painter/sculptor/scientist painted the Last Super and Mona Lisa
- Michelangelo
- brilliant painter painted the Sistine Chapel
- Martin Luther
- began the religion Lutheranism started a group called the 'Protestants'
- Petrarch
- one of the first humanists famous scholar and teacher, wrote poetry
- Machiavelli
- Florentine diplomat/historian wrote 'The Prince' thought rulers should only care about power and political success
- Guttenberg
- first European to use the moveable type to make books (copies of the Bible)
- Baron de Montesquieu
- philosopher who believed in 3 government branches (judicial, executive, legislative)
- Huguenots
- members of a Protestant minority group lived in fortified cities
- Galileo
- Italian scientist who helped confirm Copernicus' theory of a heliocentric universe built a telescope tudied objects in motion