World History People According to Religion Flashcards

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Abraham
Founder of Judaism
Moses
Led Jews out of Egypt in the exodus
Gautama
Founder of Buddhism
Jesus of Nazareth
Founder of Christianity (according to Christians he is the messiah)
Allah
Islamic name for God
Muhammad
Founder of Islam
Michaelangelo
Renaissance artist - painted Sistine Chapel and sculpted la Pieta and David
Erasmus
Most famous Christian humanist
Shakespeare
Renaissance playright and writer of sonnets
Turks
Muslims from Asia Minor {(renamed to Constantinople Istanbul)(traded coffee and ceramics)(spread Islam to Middle East & North Africa)}
Da Vinci
Renaissance artist - painted Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
Pope
Head of the Roman Catholic Church
Gutenberg
Invented the printing press (helped Renaissance ideas spread)
Martin Luther I
Broke away from Catholic Church, German monk, faith
Calvin
God predestines certain people to go to heaven