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People in History

Rulers, thinkers and changemakers from every continent

People in History is a Bertopia flashcard pack of 67 cards: rulers, thinkers and changemakers from every continent. It covers rulers and founders; thinkers and writers; travellers and explorers; scientists; modern leaders and campaigners.

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Which woman ruled Egypt as pharaoh in the 18th Dynasty and built a great mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari?
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Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut ruled in the 15th century BCE, first as regent for her young stepson Thutmose III and then as senior pharaoh. Cleopatra VII came to the throne about 1,400 years later.
Whose sayings, collected by his followers, make up the Analects?
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Confucius
The Analects record Confucius's teachings on ethics and government, compiled by his disciples after his death, traditionally dated 479 BCE. Mencius was a later Confucian thinker.
Which Chinese Buddhist monk travelled overland to India from 629 to 645 and brought back Buddhist scriptures?
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Xuanzang
Xuanzang left the Tang capital Chang'an in 629, crossed Central Asia to India and came home in 645. He spent the rest of his life translating the sutras he brought back.
Who published a model placing the Sun, not the Earth, at the centre of the universe in 1543?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus set out his model in On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres. Kepler and Galileo built on it decades later.
Under which general was Peru's independence proclaimed in July 1821?
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José de San Martín
Peru's independence was proclaimed in July 1821 under General José de San Martín.
Who founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the 6th century BCE?
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Cyrus the Great
Cyrus conquered Media, Lydia and Babylon. Darius I and Xerxes I were later kings, and Cambyses II was his son.

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