Unit 2-3: Key People & Groups

King of Babylon

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

• Ashurbanipal

First emperor of China; built the Great Wall of China to keep out nomadic invaders from the north (Mongols)

• Qin Shi Huangdi

• Han Wudi

• Emperor Gaozu

• Li Yuan

Indian prince who converted to Buddhism; sent missionaries to China; established many hospitals, veterinary clinics, and roads in India

• Asoka

• Akbar

• Chandragupta

• Harsha

“Father of the Hebrews”; founded Judaism

• Moses

• Isaac

• Abraham

• Jacob

Freed the Jews from Egypt; Received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai

• Moses

• Abraham

• David

• Solomon

Name of the Jewish God

• Yahweh

• Elohim

• Adonai

• El Shaddai

Leader of the Mongols

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Tamerlane

• Attila the Hun

“The enlightened one”- founder of Buddhism

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Laozi

• Confucius

• Zoroaster

Invaded Russia, China, and Southwest Asia; Nomadic fierce group that rose horseback; led by Genghis Khan

• Huns

• Vikings

• Mongols

• Ottomans

Invaded Greece in the Persian Wars

• Darius

• Cyrus

• Xerxes

• Artaxerxes