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America
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Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa,…
Scientist and early advocate for industrial uses for farm crops (bio-energy). Carver earned a…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one…
Gaius Julius Caesar is remembered as one of history's greatest generals and a key ruler of the…
Muhammad was the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet and God's…
Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham) was a Muslim scientist, polymath, mathematician, astronomer and…
Henry the Navigator was an infante of the Kingdom of Portugal and an important figure in the…
John Dalton was an English chemist, meteorologist and physicist. He is best known for his…
Asia + Oceania
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Qin Shi Huang is the modern Chinese name of King Zheng of Qin (r.246221 BC), who ended the…
Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, was a Chinese sovereign, who ruled officially under the name of her…
Kublai Khan was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Ikh Mongol Uls (Mongol Empire), reigning…
Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born British physicist who came to be known as the father…