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| Pericles | Athenian General whose leadership is credited with beginning the Golden Age |
| Sophocles | Greek dramatist who wrote Oedipus Rex |
| Phidias | sculptor who sculpted the Statue of Athena at the Parthenon |
| Aeschylus | greek tragedian wrote the Oresteia |
| Herodotus | father of histroy wrote the history of the Persian Wars |
| Thucydides | Greek historian wrote a history of the Peloponnesian wars |
| Hippocrates | father of medecine developed a code of conduct for doctors called the "hippocratic oath" |
| Pythagoras | greek mathematician developed the pythagoran theorem (a2 + b2= c2) for right triangles |
| Socrates | famous Greek philosopher developed a famous teaching method, was eventually executed for corrupting the young |
| Plato | student of Socrates, wrote "The Republic" a famous political book |
| Aristotle | Greek philosopher, student of Plato, established the Lyceum and tutored Alexander the Great |
| Euclid | wrote "Principles of Geometry" and is considered the father of modern geometry |
| Draco | famous tyrant in Athens who established the first public lawcode |
| Solon | famous tyrant in Athens who worked for the good of the people by freeing those enslaved by debt and allowing more people to be citizens |
| Pharaoh | The Title Egyptian leaders took for themselves, meaning "Great house of the King" and was believed to be part God |
| The Aryans | An early group that dominated the Indus River valley established dominance, and our credited with creating the Vedas and contributing to the establishment of the caste system |
| Siddhartha Guatama | Founder of Buddhism, He was the Buddha or the "enlightened" one |
| Asoka | Leader in India who sent out missionaries to try and spread Buddhism to other parts of Asia |
| The Phoenicians | civilization of sea-traders on the Mediterranean Coast |
| Abraham | Man who is credited with founding Judaism |
| The Hebrews | The group who founded the first monotheisic religion |
| Ptolemy | famous Egyptian Astronomer who made great advancements in Astronomy and planetary motion during the Pax Romana |
| Consuls | head of the executive branch in rome, elected for 1 year terms |
| Patricians | highest social class in Rome, consisted of wealthy nobility |
| Plebeians | common people in Rome |
| Hannibal | Carthaginian general from 2nd punic war |
| Venus | Roman goddess of beauty, same as Greek Aphrodite |
| Jupiter | God of Gods, similar to Greek God Zeus |
| Julius Caesar | talented general and effective leader who became dictator for life after winning a major civil war against Pompey |
| Octavian "Augustus" Caesar | nephew of Julius Caesar, became Rome's first Emperor, effective ruler who increased Rome's power |
| Marc Antony | Lt. of Julius Caesar who was defeated by Octavian in a civil war following Casear's death |
| Moses | Hebrew leader responsible for the 10 commandments |
| Alexander the Great | Greek leader who conquered the Persian Empire |
| Qin Shi Hunagdi | Chinese Emperor who built the Great Wall of China |
| Zoroaster | PErsian who created Zoroastrianism |
| Lao Tzu | Author of the "Tao te Ching" and founder of Taoism |
| Confucius | Chinese philosopher who created the philosophy of Confucianism |
