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Explore the lives of more than 85 of the world's most transformational and influential leaders in politics, business, religion, humanitarianism, and the military with this innovative and boldly graphic book.

Comprehensive in its scope and depth, and fully illustrated, Leaders Who Changed History profiles leaders from inspirational to insidious, those who changed the world for the better and those whose corruption left enduring scars. These figures hail from all walks of life - including political, military, religious, and business.

Combining accessible text with specially commissioned illustrated portraits in a range of bold styles, photographs, infographics, and timelines, entries explore the lives and legacies of each individual in a fresh, visual way.

Covering political masterminds and military geniuses such as Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, great kings and queens like Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great, icons of religion and rebellion from Mohammad to the Dalai Lama to Mahatma Ghandi, and captains of industry, Leaders Who Changed History explores and explains the world-changing actions of history's heroes and villains.

Table of Contents

  1. COVER
  2. HALF-TITLE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. HOW TO USE THIS EBOOK
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 EMPIRES AND RELIGIONS 2000 BCE–1500
    1. Moses
    2. Śiddhartha Gautama Buddha
    3. Alexander the Great
    4. Qin Shi Huang
    5. Cleopatra
    6. Jesus Christ
    7. Augustus Caesar
    8. Boudicca
    9. Septimia Zenobia
    10. Muhammad
    11. Charlemagne
    12. Eleanor of Aquitaine
    13. Saladin
    14. Genghis Khan
    15. Amir Timur
    16. Joan of Arc
    17. Guru Nanak
    18. Directory
  7. 2 CONQUEST AND LIBERTY 1500–1820
    1. Hernán Cortés
    2. Suleiman the Magnificent
    3. Elizabeth I
    4. Tokugawa Ieyasu
    5. Yi Sun–sin
    6. Louis XIV
    7. Frederick the Great
    8. George Washington
    9. Olaudah Equiano
    10. Maximilien Robespierre
    11. Napoleon Bonaparte
    12. Simón Bolívar
    13. Maria Quitéria
    14. Directory
  8. 3 NATIONHOOD AND INDUSTRY 1820–1920
    1. Giuseppe Garibaldi
    2. Karl Marx
    3. Sojourner Truth
    4. Abraham Lincoln
    5. Susan B. Anthony
    6. Otto von Bismarck
    7. Tasuŋka Witko “Crazy Horse”
    8. John D. Rockefeller
    9. Jamsetji Tata
    10. Swami Vivekananda
    11. Emmeline Pankhurst
    12. Henry Ford
    13. Coco Chanel
    14. Directory
  9. 4 CONFLICT AND HOPE 1920–1950
    1. Vladimir Lenin
    2. Michael Collins
    3. Adolf Hitler
    4. Joseph Stalin
    5. Kim Koo
    6. Mohandas Gandhi
    7. Bhagat Singh
    8. Haile Selassie
    9. Winston Churchill
    10. Douglas MacArthur
    11. Franklin Roosevelt
    12. Charles de Gaulle
    13. Eleanor Roosevelt
    14. David Ben–Gurion
    15. Mao Zedong
    16. Directory
  10. 5 RIGHTS AND REVOLUTIONS 1950–1980
    1. Kwame Nkrumah
    2. Fidel Castro
    3. John F. Kennedy
    4. Martin Luther King Jr.
    5. Akio Morita
    6. Nelson Mandela
    7. Malcolm X
    8. Yasser Arafat
    9. Li Ka–shing
    10. Directory
  11. 6 FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITIES 1980–Present
    1. Margaret Thatcher
    2. Bill Gates
    3. Mikhail Gorbachev
    4. Benazir Bhutto
    5. Lech Wałęsa
    6. Václav Havel
    7. Oprah Winfrey
    8. Anna Wintour
    9. Jack Ma
    10. Vladimir Putin
    11. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
    12. Angela Merkel
    13. Barack Obama
    14. Malala Yousafzai
    15. Directory
  12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  13. COPYRIGHT
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