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Who are the top ten people who have influenced the world in history?
1, Qin Shihuang-Except 1840- 1950, China played an important role in the world at any time. He was the real founder of China, the founder of centralization of authority, the founder of unifying writing and currency, and the founder of unifying thoughts with Legalists. The system and cultural influence he established have been passed down through the ages, even in East Asian countries.

2. Caesar or Augustus Octavian-the winner of the first confrontation between the ancient harmonious system and the imperial system, the founder of the first imperial system in the West, and the first model of all dictators in later generations.

3. Emperor Napoleon of the French Empire unified more than half of Europe, and Napoleon's code became a sample for European countries to formulate capitalist laws (I wonder what would happen without him in modern history. )

4, Genghis Khan-lay a world empire! It wiped out countless contemporary civilized countries, destroyed millions of farmland in Central Asia, which is still desert, and indirectly changed the course of world history.

5. Alexander, the Hellenistic Emperor of Macedonian Empire, conquered the Middle East and ended Egyptian civilization and Babylonian civilization. The Hellenization of the Middle East and the colonization and cultural spread of Greek citizens in Italy made Greek culture the source of Roman culture. Is the representative of Greek civilization.

6. King Hammurabi of Babylon unified the two river basins in Iraq and formulated the code of hammurabi, which realized the legal management of the ruling areas and was the first written law known in the world. Is the representative of Babylonian civilization.

7. Ashoka-Although he is of great significance to the spread of Buddhism, the influence of Buddhist countries in the world is limited, and so is India itself.

8. cyrus the great-The Persian Empire he founded is the epitome of ancient civilization and the first worldwide empire. Since then, Indo-Europeans have formally established their dominant position in the Middle East.

9. Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was the pioneer of the Western Regions. He opened up the road to the Western Regions and effectively promoted the great ethnic integration.

10, Hitler: the head of the third Reich of Germany, who conquered Europe and North Africa and launched World War II, was a representative figure of Nazism. As a result of the Second World War, the United Nations and the current world political situation were born. So Hitler was a key figure who influenced the 20th century to the present.