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Alcibiades
ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
Solomon
Expanded politics, military; increased trade; building projects, Temple which housed the Ark of the Covenant
Hammurabi
Amorite ruler of Babylon 1792-1750 B.C. He conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar, illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases. (p. 34)
David
Reunited Israel, defeated Philistines, capital at Jerusalem, centralized political administration
Tiglath-Pileser III
Subdue Palestine and incorporate it as province; deport ten tribes of Israel in 722 BC
Xerxes
Persian leader who invaded Greece
Themistocles
Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
Pisistratus
tyrant after Solon, fixed the fall of Solons endevears
Saul
First King of united Israel, at his death, anarchy"political chaos"
Nebuchadnezzar II
Defeats Assyria, Egypt; controls Syria and Palestine; destroys Jerusalem, Judah exiled to Babylonia
Thucydides
ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
Sargon
King of Akkade who conquers Mesopotamia, establishes first empire. Humble orgins, becomes absolute ruler.
Pericles
Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athen's political and cultural supremacy in Greece
Cyrus the Great
Leader of Persia, conquers Media
Moses
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus
Miltiades
Led the Athenians' army and crushed Persian forces
Tiglath-Pileser I
establishes empire in 1360BC; brutal, deliberate terror
Leonidas
king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)

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