Name
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Description
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Reign
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Alexander the Great
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As King of Macedonia, he captured pieces of Western Asia and Northern Africa
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336-323 BCE
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Ashoka the Great
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One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka controlled almost all India and promoted the spread of Buddhism throughout Asia
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c.268-232 BCE
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Serving as First Consul and then Emperor of France, he conquered large swathes of Europe
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1799-1804, 1804-1814, 1815
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Leonid Brezhnev
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His reign over the USSR was second only to Stalin's in duration
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1964-1982
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Sitting Bull
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The principal leader of the entire Sioux nation, he famously defeated General Custer at Little Bighorn
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1867-1890
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Charlemagne
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He was the first Holy Roman Emperor
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800-814
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Constantine the Great
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Arguably, his most important act as Emperor of Rome was conversion to Christianity
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306-337
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Ezana of Axum
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King of Axum (centered in modern-day Ethiopia), he conquered the Kingdom of Kush and converted the kingdom to Christianity
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c. 320-360
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Frederick the Great
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"Old Fritz" was a leader for the Prussian military and the Enlightenment
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1740-1786
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Genghis Khan
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As Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, he conquered most of Eurasia and killed thousands
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1206-1227
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Hammurabi
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Known for his set of codified laws, which he claimed to receive from Shamash, the Babylonian god of justice
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c. 1792-1750 BCE
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Emperor Hirohito
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He "led" Japan through the Second World War and the following recovery
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1926-1989
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Ivan the Terrible
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The first Tsar of all Russia
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1547-1575, 1575-1584
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K'inich Janaab' Pakal
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He was ajaw of the Mayan city-state Palenque, and his tomb, the Temple of Inscriptions, has extensive glyph writing and records
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615-683
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Abraham Lincoln
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President of the U.S. during American Civil War
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1861-1865
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Louis XIV
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"The Sun King" built the Palace of Versailles
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1643-1715
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Nebuchadnezzar II
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This King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire allegedly had the Hanging Gardens Built and had the title "King of the Universe"
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605-562 BCE
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Prajadhipok
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Revolution forced Siam's last absolute monarch to abdicate; its rural economy was hit hard by worldwide economic depression
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1925-1935
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Suleiman the Magnificent
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He ruled as sultan over the Ottoman Empire during its peak in economic and military power
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1520-1566
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Queen Victoria
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Monarch of Britain through the Industrial Revolution
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1837-1901
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