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1. Alexander the Great

1. Alexander the Great. Cultural diffusion PIGE Hellenistic Age Byzantine Empire. 2. Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan. -Conqueror “world emperor” -Leader of Mongols. 3. Marco Polo/ Ibn Battuta. -Marco- established trade routes -Ibn- Great Traveler-Muslim -Both encouraged trade

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1. Alexander the Great

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  1. 1. Alexander the Great Cultural diffusion PIGE Hellenistic Age Byzantine Empire

  2. 2. Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan -Conqueror “world emperor” -Leader of Mongols

  3. 3. Marco Polo/ IbnBattuta -Marco- established trade routes -Ibn- Great Traveler-Muslim -Both encouraged trade Cultural Diffussion

  4. 4. Mansa Musa -King of Mali -Took his hajj to Mecca -Distributed gold along the way -Brought Islam (Muslim) back to northern African countries

  5. 5. Columbus -Explorer -Exploiter -Columbian Exchange

  6. 6. Martin Luther -Wrote 95 Theses -Sparked Protestant Reformation -Believed faith was the only way to receive salvation

  7. 7. Peter the Great and Catherine the Great -Known for westernization

  8. 8. William and Mary of Orange -Glorious Revolution -Signed English Bill of Rights -Turned England into a Parliamentary (limited) democracy

  9. 9. John Locke -English Enlightenment Thinker -All people born are good -Entitled to certain natural rights

  10. 10. Montesquieu -Believed in creating Three Branches of Government -Checks and Balances

  11. 11.Voltaire -French Enlightenment Thinker -believed in free speech “I’ll defend you to the death your right to say it”

  12. 12. Adam Smith -wrote Wealth of Nations Laissez Faire Free Market Supply and Demand

  13. 13. Robespierre -Radical Jacobin -Took control of the National Assembly -Reign of Terror

  14. 14. Louis XVI -an absolute monarch in France -executed during the French Revolution

  15. 15. Simon Bolivar revolutionary known as “The Liberator” formed Gran-Colombia

  16. 16. Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleonic Code Tried to invade Russia in the winter and failed

  17. 17.Metternich Congress of Vienna Tried to turn back the clock to the old conservative ways (status quo) Established a balance of power

  18. 18.Garibaldi -Leader of the nationalist group called the Red Shirts in Italy

  19. 19. Bismarck -Iron Chancellor -used a policy of Blood and Iron -Fought 3 Wars

  20. 20. Karl Marx -wrote Communist Manifesto believed in the inevitable class struggle Industrialization is root of communism

  21. 21. Thomas Malthus - proposed an economic theory that the population will exceed the food supply

  22. 22. Rudyard Kipling wrote The White Man’s Burden justified imperialism

  23. 23. Czar Nicholas II(Little Nicky) Nicholas and AlexandraIn 1889 Nicholas married his cousin, Alexandra. The marriage was a very happy one and they had five children, four daughters and last a son, Alexis. Alexis suffered from haemophilia, a disease of the blood which at that time was untreatable. last Czar of Russia Killed by the Red Army

  24. 24. Lenin -leader of the Reds (Bolsheviks) promised “Peace, Land, Bread” orchestrated the Treaty of Brest Litvosk to get Russia out of WW I

  25. 25. Stalin -dictator of the USSR -ruled with terror and brutality -communist -Five Year Plans -Great Purge

  26. 26. Kemal Ataturk Modern-day Turkey is a marriage of the character of ancient Anatolian civilizations and the progressive secular democracy and reforms launched by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the father of the Turks. name means father of the Turks Westernization

  27. 27. Gandhi, Mahatma fought to end British rule in India Civil Disobedience

  28. 28. Hitler Fascist dictator of Germany formed the Third Reich

  29. 29. Churchill -British Prime Minister

  30. Republic of China 30. Jiang Jeishi or Chiang Kai Shek leader of the Guomindang sent Mao on the Long March fled to Taiwan when Mao took over

  31. 31. Mao Zedong leader of the communists in China Great Leap Forward Cultural Revolution Red Guards

  32. 32. Deng Xiaoping communist leader in China Implemented Four Modernizations “It doesn’t matter if the cat is… Responsible for the Tiananmen Square Massacre

  33. 33. Jomo Kenyatta -helped Kenya achieve independence (nationalism) -became 1st Prime Minister

  34. 34. Kwame Nkrumah OAU (Organization of African Unity) created the OAU worked to end colonial rule in Africa Inspired by Pan- Africanism

  35. 35. Mandela 1st black South African President leader of the ANC jailed for 27 years fought to end apartheid

  36. 36. Pol Pot leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia Reign of Terror Year Zero

  37. 37. Arafat - leader of the PLO

  38. 38. Rabin - Israeli Prime Minister

  39. 39. Ayatollah Khomeini he overthrew the Shah Turned Iran into an Islamic Republic (Fundamentalist State) Iranian Revolution anti-west

  40. 40. Gorbechev leader of the USSR 1985 wanted to end the Cold War reformed economy (perestoika/ glasnost)

  41. 41. Fidel Castro communist leader of Cuba Cuban Revolution

  42. 42. Mobutu SeseSeko Dictator of Zaire bankrupted the country remained in control because he was anti- communist

  43. 43. Kim Jung Il • Communist leader of North Korea • Unpredictable • Possesses nuclear weapons • Hatred of the US

  44. 44. Dreyfus • French, Jewish Officer, Focus of the Dreyfus Affair • Accused of Treason, sent to Devil’s Island • Cause of Jewish anti-Semitism in France

  45. 45. Herzl, Theodor • Founder of the Zionist movement • A Jewish journalist who studied law • Wrote and published The Jewish State.

  46. 46. Machievelli • “The end justifies the means” • Do what ever it takes to accomplish your goals.

  47. 47. Hosni Mubarak • 30 plus year leader of Egypt • Recently stepped down from power from a coup de tat • Protests were held in Tahrir Square after social media communications • Army still in control of Egypt

  48. 48. Muammar Al Gadaffi • Dictator of Libya for 42 years • Chased out of office in a coup de tat. • Captured and killed by revolutionary leaders

  49. 49. Bashir al Assad • Leader of Syria for more than 40 years • Oppressing his people • Killing protestors

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