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- Siddhartha Gautama
- Founder of the religion of buddism and later bacame known as buddha
- Hatshepshut
- one of few women Egyptian pharaoh's, organized a trade expedition to Egpt's southern neighbor, Punt
- Wudi
- Han emperor who ruled China from 140 B.C. to 87 B.C.; he set up a system of schools that prepared students for gov. jobs
- Hammurabi
- King of the Babylonian empire; creator of the Code of Hammurabi, one of the oldest codes of law
- Abraham
- 1700s B.C founder of judaism who, acording to the bible led his family from Ur to Canaan in God's command
- Menes
- King of Upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt
- Howard Carter
- Founder of king Tutankamum's tomb
- Sargon
- King of the city-state Kish, united the city-states of Sumer to create an empire
- Solomon
- Son of king David; built great temple in jersulmn
- Moses
- Prophet who led the isrialites out of Egypt
- tutankhamum
- Egyptian pharoah who ruled from ages about 7 to 17 his tomb layed nearly untouched untill its discovery in 1922
- Fu Hao
- A chinese king's wife who led troops to war. Her tomb contained record's of her life and times
- Confucius
- Chinese philosipher who felt the need to respect tradition; his teachings discussed the right and wrong uses of power
- Ahmose
- new kingodm pharoh who reunited Egypt and drove thew Hyoskys out of Egypt
- Khufu
- Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid