40 Degrees of separation:

Hernan Cortes- Spanish Conquistador, conquered Mexico during the 15 th hundreds

Ho Chi Minh- ruler of Vietnam active in military and diplomat mid- 1900s
Hezbollah- Shiia Muslim militant group and political party based in Lebanon
Homer- author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, legendary poet during Greek and
Roman times
Hong Xiuquan- Chinese religious prophet, leader of the Taiping Rebellion during
1864
House of Burgesses- first popularly elected legislature in America during 1619
Huguenots- French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin, developed
Calvinism during 16th and 17th centuries
Huns- group of nomadic herdsman, warlike people from the Steppes of North
Central Asia, north of China who destroyed much of Asia and Europe during the 3 rd
and 5th centuries
Ibn Battuta- A Moroccan Muslim traveler who visited 44 modern countries from West
Africa to India.
Ibn Sina- one of the philosophers of Medieval Hellenistic Islamic tradition; his
concept of reasoning and reality.
Ignatius Loyola- founded Jesuits(the Society of Jesuits)
Isabella de Este- leading woman of the Italian Renaissance (1635-1666)
Ivan III- prince of Moscow, established himself as an autocratic ruler in the late
1400s
Ivan IV- transformed in to the sultans primary competitor in Central Asia, expanding
Russias border to the east through conquest of Khanates, empire was poor and
backwards
Jacobins- political club of the French (1789)
James Watt- Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer who made improvements to
the steam engine(1800s)
Jan Van Eyck- considered one of the most significant Northern European painters of
the 15th century.

Jean Baptist- French Naturalist, concluded that evolution proceeded in accordance

to national law
Jesuit Missionaries- the society of Jesus, follows the teaching of the Catholic Church
Jesuits- followers of Jesus
Joan of Arc- led French army to several victories at young age during the Hundred
Years War.
Johannes Gutenberg- German inventor of the moveable-type printing press
Johannes Kepler- German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer
John Cabot- Italian navigator and explorer who discovered parts of North America
John Calvin- founder of Calvinism
John Locke- Father of Classic Liberalism
joint stock company- corporation or partnership involving two or more individual
that own shares of stock
Jose de San Martin- Argentine General, governor, and patriot who led his nation
during the wars of Independence from Spain.
Josef Stalin- Communist Leader of the Soviet Union
Juan Peron- Argentine military officer and politician
Julius Caesar- expanded the Roman Republic through a series of battles throughout
Europe and layed the foundation for the Roman Empire.
Justinian- Roman Emperor at Constantinople