swap_horiz Emperor Kangxi Alternatives

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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

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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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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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Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab

Umar ibn al-Khattab was the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 634 until his death in 644. During his...

Expansion Arab Caliph 7TH Century

8.7 Great

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Tsar Peter I the Great

Peter I ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725, first as tsar and later under the title emperor, and pursued extensive military,...

Russian 17TH Century Founder Modernizer

8.6 Great

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King Gustav II Adolf

Gustav II Adolf was king of Sweden from 1611 until his death in 1632 and a leading Protestant commander in the Thirty Ye...

Swedish 17TH Century Thirty Years War Vasa

8.4 Great

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King Louis XIV

King Louis XIV of France (1638–1715), the 'Sun King,' ruled from 1643 in the longest reign of any major European monarch...

French Bourbon 17TH Century United States

8.3 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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Emperor Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first ruler to adopt the title emperor after conquering the riv...

Chinese First Emperor Qin 3RD Century Bc

8.2 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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Sultan Qaboos bin Said

Qaboos bin Said ruled Oman as sultan from 1970 until his death in 2020 after removing his father, Said bin Taimur, in a...

20TH Century Modernizer Omani Al Said

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

Bolesław I the Brave was duke of Poland from 992 and the first Polish ruler to be crowned king, receiving the crown in 1...

Polish Expansion Piast 11TH Century

7.9 Good

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King Jan III Sobieski

Jan III Sobieski was king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania from 1674 until 1696. An experienced military commander,...

Polish 17TH Century Vienna Sobieski

7.8 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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King William III (of Orange)

King William III of Orange (1650–1702) was the Dutch stadtholder who deposed James II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688...

British Dutch 17TH Century Orange Nassau

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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King Hussein I of Jordan

Hussein bin Talal (1935-1999) was the Hashemite king of Jordan from 1952 until his death, although a regency governed un...

20TH Century Jordanian Hashemite Long Reign

7.2 Good

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Emperor Shah Jahan

Shah Jahan was the fifth Mughal emperor, ruling from 1628 until 1658 during a period noted for imperial architecture and...

17TH Century Builder Mughal Taj Mahal

7.1 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