World Civ Final: People/Figures

Hammurabi

Babylonian king; created one of the first written law codes.

Confucius

Chinese philosopher; who taught respect, family duty, and social order

Laozi

Founder of Daoism; emphasized living in harmony with nature

Galileo

Italian scientist; who supported heliocentric theory; improved the telescope

Socrates

Greek philosopher; encouraged questioning to find the truth

Plato

A student of Socrates; wrote about justice and an ideal society

Aristotle

Plato’s student; studied logic, science, and ethics

Siddhartha Gautama

Founder of Buddhism; taught how to end suffering

Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil rights leader; advocated nonviolent protest for racial equality

Nat Turner

Led the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia

Harriet Jacobs

Former slave; wrote about slavery and escape

Phillis Wheatley

First published African American poet

Ida B. Wells

Journalist; who fought against lynching and racial injustice

Angelina Grimke

Abolitionist and women’s rights advocate

Booker T. Washington

Educator; promoted vocational training for Black Americans

WEB Du Bois

Civil rights activist; co-founder of NAACP; pushed for political rights