| A | B |
|---|
| Constantine | Emperor who headed new eastern roman empire, renamed Byzantine Empire, built Constantinople, founded Eastern Orthodox church |
| Euclid | Greek mathematician |
| Homer | Greek poet, wrote the epic poem, The Odyssey |
| Ivan the Great | Founder of Russia, freed Russia from Mongols, 1st Czar (Tsar) |
| Justinian | Byzantine emperor, created law code called Justinian's Code, built Hagia Sofia |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Renaissance painter, genius; painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper |
| William the Conqueror | Led the Normans (invaders from northern France) into England; conquered Angles and Saxons at Battle of Hastings in 1066 |
| Socrates | Greek philosopher, used a questioning dialogue to seek knowledge, and examine all aspects of life, and was sentenced to death for his actions and beliefs |
| Solon | Greek TYRANT, ended debt slavery |
| Sophocles | Greek playwright, wrote tragedy Oedipus |
| St. Cyril | Created Cyrillic Alphabet (Russian), brought Orthodox Christianity to Russia. |
| Lao Tse | Founded Chinese belief system that focused on harmony with nature, balancing yin and yang, inner peace, and simple life that followed The Way |
| Theodora | Wife of Justinian and Empress of the Byzantine Empire |
| Thucydides | Greek historian |
| Virgil | Roman poet, wrote epic (long) poem The Aeneid |
