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Early
Leaders
Learn
about leaders from ancient times to the Middle Ages.
Renaissance
From the beginning of time, to the Renaissance, there have
been two major time periods are the ancient world and the
medievel world.
The
Ancient World
The ancient world was a time from the begginning of evolution
all the wasy to 500 to 600 A.D. An important person from that
time was Alexander the Great(died 323 B.C). He lead a Greak
army againest the Persians and in 13 years conquere an empire
that streched from Greece to India. Another significant person
was Archimedes ( died 212 B.C) who was Greek inventor. he
discovered water displacement, and many other famous important
inventions.
Significant
Leaders
Julius Caesar(died 44 B.C.) was a very important and significant
Roman ruler who conquedred France and invaded Britian. Another
important person was Ptolemy(died 2nd century). He believed
that the Earth is the center of the unvirse and thought itsamller
than it really is. This influenced Columbus'svoyage to America
in 1492. A very important person in respects of culture was
a Constanitine(died337 A.D.).He was a Roman emperor who made
Christianty a legal religon.
Medieval
World
The Medieval World was a time from 500 A.D. to 1450. Saint
Benedict (died 547 A.D) was important. He was Italian monk
who gained many followersand started a monastery for them
at Monte Cassino in Italy. Muhammad (died 637 A.D.) was also
very important because he was the leader of all emporer of
the West. Genghis Kham (died 1227 A.D) was Mongol conqueror.
He united the Mongols and conquered a huge empire. Marco Polo
(died 1324) A.D.) was an Italian traveler in Asia. He spent
nearly 20 years traveling all over Kublai empire.
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