21 people from 21 centuries

Name the historical figures - answers possible in English or German
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Last updated: February 8, 2021
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Cherusci chieftan who beat the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg forrest
Arminius
Roman emperor, famous for his wall in Britain
Hadrian
Persian prophet and founder of Maniacheism
Mani
Roman emperor, possibly the first Christian emperor
Constantine the Great
Ruler of the Huns and leader of the Hunnic Empire
Attila
Christian saint and patron saint of Europe. often called the founder of western monasticism.
Benedict of Nursia
Founder of Islam
Muhammad
Stopped the Islamic Expansion at the Battle of Tours. Called "The Hammer"
Charles Martel
King of Wessex, united Britain, called the Great
Alfred the Great
First king of the Franks of the House of Capet.
Hugo Capet
Conquered England in 1066
William the Conquerer
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Powerful pope who convoked the Fourth Council of the Lateran.
Innocent III
Eldest son of Genghis Khan
Jochi
Legendary German alchemist who invented gunpowder
Berthold Schwarz
Portugese sailor who initiated the Age of Discoveries. At the top of the Monument to the Discoveries in Lisbon
Henry the Navigator
First Russian Tzar
Ivan the Terrible
That French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist thought, therefore he was.
Rene Descartes
Austrian child prodigy. who composed over 600 works.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
General, drinker and 18th US-President.
Ulysses S. Grant
Hitler's Secretary of State (foreign affairs)
Joachim v. Ribbentrop
First elected president of Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai
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Level 66
Feb 5, 2021
Nice quiz! Would you consider adding to the Nazi question that you mean for Foreign Affairs? It is not clear what is meant - I got it by cycling through high level Nazis I remembered.
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Level 51
Feb 8, 2021
done