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Gavrilo Princip
1894–1918Industrial AgeBIH
He was nineteen years old, standing in the street after a failed assassination attempt, when the archduke's car took a wrong turn and stopped directly in front of him.
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Genghis Khan
1162–1227Medieval PeriodMongolia
Born with nothing but a name and a grudge, he built the largest contiguous empire in human history — and no one has ever fully explained how.
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Gilgamesh
-2800–-2500Ancient CivilisationsIraq
He was a king who set out to find the secret of eternal life, failed, and returned home — and the story became the oldest written epic humanity has ever found.
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Guthrum
830–890Medieval PeriodDenmark
He invaded England at the head of a Viking army, was defeated, and accepted baptism as part of the peace terms — with his conqueror, Alfred, standing as his godfather.
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