Mikhail Gorbachev was the first president of the Soviet Union, serving from 1990 to 1991. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his leadership role in ending the Cold War and promoting peaceful international relations.
Zheng He, also spelled Cheng Ho, was the most famous navigator in Chinese history. He commanded seven large naval expeditions from 1405 to 1433. Zheng and his crews sailed the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the Indian Ocean, reaching more than 30 lands along the coasts of Asia and Africa. Each voyage included more than 100 wooden vessels and tens of thousands of crew members.
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Kim Il-Sung was the communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country’s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers’ Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972.
Sejong (born 1397—died 1450) was a monarch of the Joseon (Yi) dynasty during whose reign (1419–50) cultural achievements in Korea reached their highest point. Sejong is best known for his development of Hangul (Han’gŭl), the phonetic system for writing the Korean language that is still in use. The creation of an easily learned alphabet facilitated the achievement of literacy among the Korean people.
The wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of the first lady through her active participation in American politics.
Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese communist leader and the most powerful figure in the People's Republic of China from the late 1970s until his death in 1997.
Hannibal (born 247 bce, North Africa—died c. 183–181 bce, Libyssa, Bithynia [near Gebze, Turkey]) was a Carthaginian general, one of the great military leaders of antiquity, who commanded the Carthaginian forces against Rome in the Second Punic War (218–201 bce) and who continued to oppose Rome and its satellites until his death.
Mongolian general and statesman Kublai Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan. After conquering China, he founded the country's Yuan Dynasty and became its first emperor.