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Died c.546 BCE
Title / Office king (546BC-560BC), Lydia
Role In Siege of Sardis

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Alyattes
king of Lydia
Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great
king of Persia
Gyges
king of Lydia
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Frederick II
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk
president of Turkey
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Mongol ruler
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
United States statesman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
Gustav Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus
king of Sweden
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Napoleon III
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
emperor of Austria-Hungary
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty

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