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Lists of ancient kings are organized by region and peoples, and include kings recorded in ancient history (3000 BC – 1700 AD) ... List of Chinese leaders;
Ancient Egypt was one of the world's first civilizations, with its beginnings in the fertile Nile valley around 3150 BC. Ancient Egypt reached the zenith of its power during the New Kingdom (1570–1070 BC) under great pharaohs. Ancient Egypt was a great power to be contended with by both the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan ...
Ancient Roman anchorite and Orthodox and Roman Catholic saint 291 – 371: Hugh of Cluny: Abbot of Cluny 1024 – 1109: Isaac of Armenia: Armenian Catholicos c. 354 – 439: James, son of Zebedee [Note 1] One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ: 3 – 44 [76] Joannicius the Great: Byzantine hermit, theologian and saint 752 – 846 [77] Pope ...
Spiritual & Political leader 2 Isaac Newton: 1643–1727 Scientist 3 Jesus: 4 BC–33 AD Spiritual leader 4 Gautama Buddha: 563–483 BC Spiritual leader 5 Confucius: 551–479 BC Philosopher 6 Paul the Apostle: 5–67 AD Christian apostle 7 Cai Lun: 50–121 AD Inventor of paper 8 Johannes Gutenberg: c. 1400–1468 Inventor of the printing press 9
Ancient Egyptian documents describe Sneferu as a pious, generous and even accostable ruler. [68] 2613–2589 BC [32] Medjedu (Khnum-) Khufu: Greek form: Cheops and Suphis. Built the Great Pyramid of Giza. Khufu is depicted as a cruel tyrant by ancient Greek authors; Ancient Egyptian sources however describe him as a generous and pious ruler.
For much of its early history, Assyria was little more than a city-state, centered on the city Assur, but from the 14th century BC onwards, Assyria rose under a series of warrior kings to become one of the major political powers of the Ancient Near East, and in its last few centuries it dominated the region as the largest empire the world had ...
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Leader of the Gallic mercenaries in the Carthaginian army during the First Punic War. He turned against Carthage in the Mercenary War and was crucified by Hamilcar Barca after his capture. Charidemus: d. 333 BC 367–333 BC Athens: Greek mercenary leader who served Athens, Thrace and Rhodes. Clearchus of Sparta: 411–401 BC