| A | B |
| A-Khwarizime | mathematician, wrote a book explaining Indian arithmetic, he also made significant contributions to the deveopment of Algebra |
| Muhammad | The prophet and founder of Islam, went into a cave a heard a voice of an angel |
| Basil II | was emperor from 976 until 1025, while under his rule the empire regained some of the land it had lost, and ther ewas a burst of creativity in the arts |
| Rumi | a poet, founder of religious group known as whirling dervishes |
| Constantine | an emperor of the roman empire and the founder of constantinople. became a Christian and stopped the persecution of the christians in the empire |
| Justinian | one of the greatest Byzantine emperors. founder of Justinians code. He listened to all of his subjects |
| Prince Igor | Tried to capture Constantinople, but got shot by Greek fire. Prince of Kiev |
| Uthman | the leader of the muslim community, was assassinated, his death split the muslim world in two. |
| Omar Khayyam | a muslim poet, mathemetician and astronomer |
| Ibn Sina | famous islamic scientist and philosopher, he organized the medical knowledge of the Greeks and Arabs into the canon of medicine |
| Harun-ar-Rashid | caliph of Baghdad. His rule was a time of prosperity. Was a great supporter of the arts. |