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Important People In History

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Adam: the first man, created by God.

Eve: the first woman created by God through Adam’s rib and picked the forbidden fruit off the tree.

Cain: a farmer and son of Adam and Eve who murdered his brother and was forced to roam the land of nod with a mark to protect him from harm.

Abel: a shepherd and brother to Cain, who murdered him.

Seth: the son of Adam and Eve to replace Abel.

Lamech: the grandson of Enoch and father of Noah

Enoch I: father of Methuselah who walked with God

Noah: the only righteous man of the time whom God commanded to build an ark

Shem: son of Noah

Ham: son of Noah

Japheth: son of Noah

Abraham: The first patriarch of the Jews who established a covenant with God

Isaac: The second patriarch of the Jews, whose name means laughter and was almost sacrificed by his father by God’s command

Jacob: The father of the 12 tribes of Israel, who stole Esau’s birthright and dreamed of the ladder between heaven and earth

Sarah: Abraham’s wife

Hagar: Sarah’s maid and the father of Ishmael

Rebecca: Wife of Isaac, who helped Jacob steal his brother’s birthright

Lot: Nephew of Abraham, who lived near Sodom

Esau: Jacob’s brother who lost his birthright.

Melchizedek: A king who brought Abraham bread and wine

Dinah: Jacob’s only known daughter

Laban: Jacob’s uncle; Rachael, and Leah’s father

Leah: One of Jacob’s wives who was disguised as Rachel for the wedding after Jacob worked 7 years

Rachel: Jacob’s favorite wife for whom he worked 14 years

Ruben: Jacob’s first son

Simeon: Joseph’s brother, who was held hostage

Levi: Son of Jacob and father of the Levites

Judah: Brother of Joseph who says to sell him as a slave

Naphtali: The 6th son of Jacob

Asher: The 8th son of Jacob

Gad: The 7th son of Jacob

Zebulon: The tenth son of Jacob

Dan: The 5th son of Jacob

Issachar: The 9th son of Jacob

Joseph: Jacob’s next to last son who was thrown into the pit

Benjamin: Jacob’s last son

Ephraim: One of Joseph’s sons

Manasseh: One of Joseph’s sons

Hatshepsut, who died in 1458 BC was the fourth female pharaoh of Egypt. She was Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose’s daughter. Hatshepsut married her half-brother, King Thutmose II and Thutmose II died unexpectedly about 1479 B.C. Hatshepsut's stepson, THUTMOSE III, was to inherit the throne, but because he was too young to rule, Hatshepsut served as temporary ruler.

Tuthmosis, Thothmes, or Thutmose, III who reigned about 1479-1425 B.C. is thought of as one of the greatest of all Pharoahs. Thutmose succeeded his father, Thutmose II, but was kept out of power by his stepmother, Queen Hatshepsut. After Hatshepsut died, Thutmose III ordered her name erased from monuments and statues.

Tuthmosis, or Thutmose, I who was king of Egypt from 1504-1492 BC or the early 18th Dynasty, was successor of his brother-in-law, Amenhotep I. He was a noted soldier and a commander of armed forces, Thutmose I reconquered the Nubians of northern Africa and later advanced into Asia as far as the Euphrates River. The remainder of his reign was devoted to various building projects.

Akhenaten ruled ancient Egypt from about 1353 to 1336 B.C. His wife was Queen Nefertiti. Akhenaten was a religious reformer, devoted solely to the worship of Aten, a sun god. He abandoned the state religion of Amun and changed his name from Amenhotep, his father's name, to Akhenaten. He attacked the old religion, removed the name of Amun from monuments, and closed Amun's temples. Akhenaten built a new capital at Amarna and called it Akhetaten, meaning horizon of Aten. After his death, many later pharaohs tried to destroy Akhenaten's monuments.

Nimrod: mighty ruler and builder of cities, grandson of Ham, founder of Nineveh

Sargon: Mesopotamian king who founded the first great empire in history

Sumerians: citizens of Sumer, invented the world's first writing system

Amorites: a Semitic desert tribe

Hammurabi: king of Babylonia who established a code of laws

Moses: The leader of the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt, who got the Ten Commandments, and led them towards the Promised Land

Aaron: The brother of Moses, and the first High Priest

Miriam: Moses’ Brother

Joshua: The leader of the Israelites after Moses into the Promised Land