Week 1
Prince of Aragon and king of Spain. Married Isabella
Ferdinand
Russian tsar. Important for the beginning of the nation of Russia
Ivan the Great
America is named after him
Amerigo Vespucci
Dominican monk and friar known for preaching in Florence
Savonarola
posed for the Mona Lisa
Madonna Elisabetta
Called "Pater Patriae", which means Father of His Country
Cosimo de Medici
Byzantine princess
Sophia
Island believed to be where Columbus landed. Means "Holy Savior"
San Salvador
excommunicated Savonarola
Pope Alexander VI
Dominican monk and inquisitor in Spain
Tomas de Torquemada
Architect of the Dome of Florence
Brunelleschi
First Portuguese captain to round the tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
Put Mali on the map as a place full of gold
Mansa Musa
Famous "Renaissance Man" who could write backwards
Leonardo da Vinci
Patron of the arts in Italy and grandson of Cosimo
Lorenzo de Medici
United the houses of York and Lancaster. English king
Henry Tudor (Henry VII)
Natives of the Caribbean Islands
Arawaks
Dreamed of an "Enterprise to the Indies"
Columbus
Established Persia as a Shiite nation
Ismail
Portuguese viceroy of India
Vasco de Gama
Henry VI
Renaissance artist closely associated with Lorenzo de Medici
Sandro Botticelli
Founder of the Songhai Empire
Askia Muhammed I
descendant of Ismail
Abbas the Great
Famous Italian sculptor who sculpted David, also a ninja turtle
Donatello