Ancient
Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, this ancient region is often called the "Cradle of Civilization."
Mesopotamia
The game of polo, often called “the sport of kings,” was first played over 2,000 years ago in this ancient empire before spreading to India and later to Britain.
Ancient Persia
Today in 1605, Guy Fawkes and other Catholic extremists attempted this plot to blow up King James I and the House of Lords.
The Gunpowder Plot
his Brazilian-American Facebook co-founder was famously cut out of the company by Mark Zuckerberg before taking legal action to reclaim his stake, eventually securing a billionaire settlement.
Eduardo Saverin
According to legend, while the Mongols practiced Tengrism, Genghis Khan’s lineage traced back to a union between this 'blue' animal and a white doe
Blue Wolf
A companion and general of Alexander the Great, he became ruler of Egypt after Alexander’s death, founding a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years.
Ptolemy I Soter
Home to the University of al-Qarawiyyin, founded in 859 CE by Fatima al-Fihri, this North African country is recognized as the birthplace of the world’s oldest continuously operating university.
Answer: What is Morocco?
Morocco
In 2007, contractors from this U.S.-based private military company killed 17 Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad, sparking international outrage and legal controversy.
Blackwater
This German philosopher’s ideas on dialectics and the unfolding of Spirit in history inspired later thinkers from Karl Marx to existentialists like Kierkegaard.
Hegel
This Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer is the father of modern political Zionism.
Theodor Herzl
This Neo-Babylonian king, famous for his grand palace and city-building projects, is traditionally credited with constructing the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Nebuchadnezzar II
In Tashkent's central square, the statue of General Kaufman was replaced by one of Stalin, then Karl Marx, and today, this conqueror on horseback.
Timur/ Taimoor/ Tamerlane
Nicknamed the “Blood Countess,” this 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman is infamous for allegedly torturing and killing hundreds of young girls, inspiring legends that compare her to a female vampire.
Elizabeth Báthory of Kingdom of Hungary
This 13th-century Turkish tribal leader of the Kayı tribe, descended from the Oghuz Khagan lineage and father of Osman I, is credited with laying the foundations of the Ottoman Empire.
Ertuğrul
Recognized for his justice and tolerance, this 6th-century BCE Persian king is mentioned in the Bible as God’s ‘anointed’ who freed the Jews and is also alluded to in Islamic tradition for his righteous rule.
Cyprus the Great
Famous for its grid-pattern cities, multi-story houses with private bathrooms, and advanced drainage systems, this Bronze Age civilization also had uniform weights and measures for trade, exported goods like beads, cotton, and pottery to Mesopotamia, and used an undeciphered script on seals for record-keeping.
The Indus Valley Civilisation
When his officials refused to approve his favorite heir, this emperor of the Ming Dynasty stopped showing up for work… for 30 years.
The Wanli Emperor (Zhu Yijun), Temple name: Emperor Shenzong of Ming.
This American financier and banker helped stabilize the U.S. economy during the Panic of 1907, founded a powerful banking empire, and his name lives on in one of the largest financial institutions in the world today.
JP Morgan
This 19th-century Chinese merchant, also known as Wu Bingjian, became one of the world’s richest men by investing heavily in American railroads and infrastructure, helping to fuel the industrial growth of the United States through his partnership with John Murray Forbes.
Howqua
During this 1098 siege of a Syrian town, Crusaders resorted to cannibalism, feeding on the bodies of Muslims, making it one of the bloodiest episodes of the First Crusade
Siege of Ma’arra
This sixth pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, considered one of the most successful female rulers in history, claimed to be the daughter of the god Amun-Ra. She built more monuments and temples than almost any other pharaoh of the New Kingdom including Mortuary Temple at Deir-al-Bahri and obelisks at Karnak Temple.
Hatshepsut
Known for crushing repeated Mongol invasions, executing captured invaders(approx more than 30000), and keeping northern India safe for decades, this Delhi Sultan ensured the Mongols could never set foot as conquerors in India.
Alauddin Khilji (Persian: علاء الدین خلجی; born Ali Gurshasp; c. 1266 – 4 January 1316),
: This Roman engineer, living in the 1st century BCE, wrote De Architectura, a treatise on architecture and engineering, influencing building techniques for centuries in Europe.
Vitruvius
This 14th-century Tunisian historian and sociologist wrote about division of labor, labor as the source of wealth, and market dynamics—ideas that Adam Smith would formalize centuries later, earning him the title 'Father of Economics.'
Ibn Khaldun (27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732–808 AH)
This Mughal Emperor, known for his administrative genius and religious tolerance, founded Din-i-Ilahi/contemporarily called Tawḥīd-i-Ilāhī (Oneness of God) This syncretic religion blended elements of Islam and other Abrahamic religions with those of several Dharmic religions and Zoroastrianism.
Akbar The Great ( (Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar)