AP World History Unit 4 Key Figures

Wrote the book, "The Social Contract"

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Martin Luther
• Jean Jacques Rousseau

Conquered the Inca Empire

• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernando Cortes
• Vasco da Gama
• Galileo Galilei

Founder of Sikhism

• Muhammad ibn al-Wahhab
• Osman Bey
• Guru Nanak
• Babur

Proposed the Heliocentric Theory

• Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei
• John Locke
• Nicolaus Copernicus

Wrote, "The Wealth of Nations"

• Martin Luther
• Adam Smith
• John Locke
• Peter the Great

The founder of the Mughal Empire

• Akbar
• Aurangzeb
• Babur
• Osman Bey

Founder of the Safavid Empire

• Shah Ismail
• Shah Abbas
• Osman Bey
• Akbar

Founder of the Ottoman Empire

• Osman Bey
• Suleiman the Magnificent
• Shah Ismail
• Aurangzeb

First European to sail around Africa and reach India

• Christopher Columbus
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernando Cortes
• Vasco da Gama

Wrote, "The Prince," a political guidebook

• Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• Nicolo Machiavelli
• John Locke