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Important Figures in History #1

All of these people held important roles throughout world history. The hints tell you what they're most known for. You're job is to guess the person.
There will be a lot of "Mohammeds" throughout this quiz series. Be specific!
Some of these names do not have an exact spelling
Quiz by ShoreChamp
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Last updated: May 9, 2019
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First submittedMay 6, 2019
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Islamic Chinese admiral; Led voyages throughout the Indian Ocean to establish trade routes with other nations
Zheng He
Student of Socrates; Ancient Greek philosopher and playwrite
Plato
A Sumerian king; Considered legend in Mesopotamian mythology; Had an epic written about
Gilgamesh
Considered the father of the three main monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Abraham
Founder of the first Persian empire; Also called the Achaemenid Empire
Cyrus of Persia
Lit himself on fire to protest Buddhist persecution in India; Was a Buddhist monk himself
Thich Quang Duc
Tried to make Buddhism the state religion of India during the Mauryan dyansty (Hint!)
Ashoka Maurya
Mesopotamian King; Created a famous code of laws that emphasized harsh but fair punishment; "Eye for an eye"
Hammurabi
Founder of possibly the oldest monotheistic religion in history; The religion is dubbed after his namesake
Zoroaster
The Buddha's real identity; Founder of Buddhism
Siddhartha Guatama
Founder of Islam; The first caliph of the series of Islamic caliphates
Mohammed
Father of Christianity; Considered the "Son of God"
Jesus Christ
Led the Mesopotamian city-state of Ur; Founded one of the oldest recorded law codes in history
Ur-Nammu
Founder of Taoism; Emphasized individualism
Lao Tzu
Founder of the main state religion in China; Dubbed after his namesake; Emphasized respecting elders and strict familial roles; Filial piety
Confucius
Founder of the Benedictine monks (Hint!) ; Helped spread Christianity; One of the patron saints of Catholicism
St. Benedict
After the division of the Roman Empire, this person took control of the Eastern portion; Made the capital what is now Istanbul
Constantine
First Holy Roman Emperor; Frankish
Charlemagne
Leader of the Abbasid caliphate during its golden age; Replaced the Ummayad caliphate
Harun al-Rashid
Leader and general of the largest land based empire in history; After he died his empire split into four khanates
Genghis Khan
Leader of the Yuan (Mongolian) dynasty in China; Son of the above person
Kublai Khan
Author of "The Tale of Genji" one of the earliest written novels in history
Lady Murasaki
A Venetian who travelled the Silk Road to Yuan China; Wrote about the courts in his log
Marco Polo
Founder of the Incan empire from the kingdom of Cusco
Pachakuti
A Macedonian general that formed one of the largest land-based empires of its time; Named a lot of cities after him; Spread Hellenism across the Middle East and North Africa
Alexander the Great
Helped solidify Buddhism in China; Travelled to India to reconnect with Buddhist origins and wrote a book
Xuanzang
A Muslim scholar that travelled the Islamic world, documenting the places and the people that he travelled to
Ibn Battuta
One of, if not the richest man ever to live; A Mali king
Mansa Musa
Considered the first Chinese emperor; United the Warring States of China; Started the Great Wall; Endorsed legalism
Qin Shihuangdi
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klapperklaus
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Level 60
May 8, 2019
Great quiz, but you misspelled the buddha, also consider accepting Laozi and Ashoka
ShoreChamp
+1
Level 40
May 8, 2019
Gotcha. Any other improvements you saw? This is my first quiz, so I'm still learning how this stuff works.
divantilya
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Level 37
May 12, 2019
Great quiz for a first effort! - I did rather poorly, but still enjoyed the challenge. Thank you.
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