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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Historical Figures from Israel
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Jesus of Nazareth
-4–30Classical World
He was executed by Rome as a minor regional troublemaker — and the movement that followed his death became the largest religion in the history of the world.
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Paul the Apostle
5–67Classical World
He never met Jesus and spent years persecuting his followers — then had a conversion experience on a road to Damascus that changed the direction of world history.
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Saul
-1050–-1010Ancient Civilisations
He was everything the Israelites asked for in a king — tall, strong, from the right tribe — and fell apart under the pressure of a role he couldn't quite figure out how to play.
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Solomon
-990–-931Ancient Civilisations
He was famed for wisdom, built the Temple, accumulated vast wealth — and left a kingdom so strained by the cost of his ambitions that it split apart after his death.
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