swap_horiz Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab Alternatives

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Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I was queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death in 1603, the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. H...

Renaissance English Tudor 16TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Emperor Charlemagne

Charlemagne was king of the Franks from 768, king of the Lombards from 774, and emperor from 800 until his death in 814....

Medieval Frankish 8TH Century Carolingian

9.2 Excellent

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Emperor Taizong of Tang

Emperor Taizong was the second emperor of China's Tang dynasty, reigning from 626 to 649 after helping his father establ...

Military Tang Chinese Golden Age

9.2 Excellent

4

Emperor Akbar the Great

Akbar was the third Mughal emperor, ruling from 1556 to 1605 and extending Mughal authority across much of northern and...

Golden Age 16TH Century Mughal Timurid

9.2 Excellent

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Emperor Ashoka the Great

Ashoka was the third ruler of the Maurya Empire, reigning over much of the Indian subcontinent from about 268 to 232 BCE...

Indian Buddhist Reformer 3RD Century Bc

9.2 Excellent

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Emperor Augustus Caesar

Augustus, born Gaius Octavius and later known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor, ruling from 27 BCE until 14 CE....

Roman First Emperor Founder Julio Claudian

9.2 Excellent

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King Sejong the Great

King Sejong the Great ruled Korea's Joseon dynasty from 1418 to 1450. He sponsored the creation of Hangul, promulgated i...

Korean Golden Age Joseon 15TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent

Suleiman I ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566, leading campaigns in Hungary, the Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, and...

Ottoman 16TH Century Osman Lawgiver

9.1 Excellent

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Emperor Trajan

Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117 CE and the second ruler conventionally included among the Nerva-Antonine emperor...

Expansion Roman 2ND Century Nerva Antonine

8.9 Great

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Emperor Kangxi

The Kangxi Emperor ruled Qing China from 1661 to 1722, giving him the longest recorded reign of any Chinese emperor. Dur...

Expansion Chinese 17TH Century Long Reign

8.8 Great

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King Darius I the Great

Darius I ruled the Achaemenid Persian Empire from 522 to 486 BCE. He consolidated and expanded the empire, organized its...

Expansion Persian Achaemenid 6TH Century Bc

8.8 Great

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Emperor Yongle

The Yongle Emperor was the third emperor of China's Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424 after taking the throne fro...

Expansion Chinese 14TH Century Forbidden City

8.3 Great

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Sultan Selim I

Selim I was sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 until his death in 1520. He defeated the Safavid army at Chaldiran in...

Expansion Grim Ottoman 16TH Century

8.1 Great

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Caliph Harun al-Rashid

Harun al-Rashid was the fifth Abbasid caliph and ruled from 786 to 809, when the caliphate extended across much of the M...

Golden Age 8TH Century Arab Abbasid

8.1 Great

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Empress Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian (624-705) was the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of emperor and rule in her own name. After...

Powerful Tang Chinese 7TH Century

7.9 Good

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King Bolesław I the Brave

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Polish Expansion Piast 11TH Century

7.9 Good

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Emperor Huayna Capac

Huayna Capac was an Inca ruler who governed during the early 16th century and continued the imperial expansion begun by...

Expansion South American Inca 16TH Century

7.5 Good

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Queen Zenobia of Palmyra

Zenobia was the 3rd-century ruler of Palmyra, an influential trading city in Roman Syria, initially governing on behalf...

Arab Rebel 3RD Century Palmyrene

7.4 Good

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King Tigranes II the Great

Tigranes II, commonly called Tigranes the Great, ruled Armenia from 95 to 55 BC as a monarch of the Artaxiad dynasty. Th...

Expansion Armenian Artaxiad 1ST Century Bc

7.3 Good

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Emperor Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb was the sixth Mughal emperor of India, ruling from 1658 until his death in 1707. During his reign, the Mughal...

Expansion Religious 17TH Century Mughal

6.0 Fair