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Position:Home>History> List well-known people throughout history that I should know?Question: List well-known people throughout history that I should know!? Ones I already know:
Alexander Cleopatra Julius Cesar Eleanor d'Aquitaine Leonardo da Vinci Henry IV (England) Lafayette, Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Adams Louis VI (le roi soleil) Marie Antoinette and Louis IV Robespierre Rousseau (all of the American presidents) Shakespeare Moliere I'd also like to know not as well-know, yet still important people!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: greek philosophers marie curie martin luther martin luther king mahatma ghandi, dalai lama nelson mandela benito mussolini adolf hitler josif visarionovi? dzuga?vili staljin columbus gaius julius ceasar ciceron che guevara vidkund quisling mao ze dong jesus christ lumiere brothers vincent van gogh confucius karl marx f!. engels j!. goebbels !.!.!. mother theresa marie theresia(austrian empresse) pithagoreWww@QuestionHome@Com I used to hate history because there were so many dates to remember!. The names are also confusing unless you make a connection to the role they played in history!. The list you made of names is just that!. These were real people just as you and me!. They lived in a different time and saw life from am entirely different perspective!. Making a connection between the centuries that these individuals were part of and their notable doings would make this more clear!. Agree or not!? The Best M_A!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Ramsees 2, the Great- The man who extended Egyptian empire near Turkish extent!. Xerxes 1, the Great- The man who started to build Persepolis after his father Darius, the greatest city in the Middle East of that time & he also burned Athens to ruins after entering it for just 1 day!. Didier Deschamps- The greates sportsman ever to live!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Good grief your list (and mine for that matter) will not even scratch the surface!. But how about: Napoleon, Plato, Paine, Hitler, Ivan the Terrible, Catherine the Great, Peter the Great, the Normans, Mussolini, Gorbachev, Churchill, Castro, Allende, The Sun King, etc!., etc!., etc!.Www@QuestionHome@Com While taking history in High school we spend a lot of time on names and dates!. In college we talked about what changed and why the change happened!. I would spend time studying the ones that made a difference!. For Example: Martin Luther King- Changes in modern civil rights in America Jesus- Largest social religious revolution in history Napolean- A result of his conquest of Europe dethrone the royalty and sowed the seeds of Democracy in EuropeWww@QuestionHome@Com Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Lloyd George, Hitler, Hannibal, Richard I of England, Henry VIII of England, Oliver Cromwell, Gladstone and Disraeli of UK, Bismark of Germany, William Wallace and Robert Bruce of Scotland, Dunlop of Scotland, Livingstone, Columbus, and on and on and on!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Crazy horse Sitting Bull Red Clowd Rain in face yellow hand Geronamo Leonard Peltier Han Shan Lao Tsu Chuang Tzu Fu xi Shen Nong Huang Di Shaohan Jintian Zhuanxu Gaoyan Diku Gaoxin Diyao Tang Yao [Tang Yao] Dishun Youtu [Yu Shun] The Ashikaga Bakufu The Kanto Kanrei Kubu The Tokugawa BakufuWww@QuestionHome@Com Elizabeth I of England Henry VIII England Charlemagne Issac Newton Hitler Michelangelo Alfred the Great England William the Conqueror Bonaparte Ivan the Terrible Russia Tzar Nicholas Russia Thats all I can think of at the momentWww@QuestionHome@Com Although many people will disagree, Confederate General Robert E!. Lee should be considered as a well know figure in history!.Www@QuestionHome@Com An impressive list - but why not make a bigger circle of friends!? Confucius Lao Zi Sun Zi Karl Marx Mikhail Bakunin Peter Kropotkin Pancho Villa Emiliano Zapata Simon BolivarWww@QuestionHome@Com Constantine Ramses II Napoleon Many generals (Grant, Lee, Patton & many more) Hitler Hirohito Tojo Churchill Michelangelo Those are a few but there are so many moreWww@QuestionHome@Com Gandhi!!Www@QuestionHome@Com Colombus Karl Marx Thomas More EinsteinWww@QuestionHome@Com Robert E!. Lee Jefferson Davis Jesus Moses Noah John Wayne Chuck Norris! George S!. PattonWww@QuestionHome@Com Rather than list names (which are bound to repeat!) look to learn: Who were the artists!? Who won the prizes!? (Nobel, Literary, etc) Who won the elections or inherited the thrones!? Who made a difference (revolutionaries)!? Who were the tyrants!? Who were the philanthropists or kind hearted!? (Vanderbilts or Gahndi or Mother Theresa for example) Who would be the best example of each faith or culture!? Who changed the way we think or see things!? Consider the works of artists, authors and poets-- their work reflects the culture in which they lived and shows what was held in reverence!. Good luck and enjoy the search! One of the things I loved about college was taking the Humanities courses alongside Art history-- you learn all about these brilliant people who went before us!. Whats harder though is coming up with a list of similar thinkers in our own era!.!.!.We seem to be suffering a frightening shortage of "good guys!."Www@QuestionHome@Com |