Top Ten Unifiers In History
In this list a Unifier in history is someone who United their country during a time of war or disunity. It is mostly consistent of kings and emperors, although there may be at least one dictator.The original Unifier, Qin Shih Huangdi conquered the six kingdoms and thus created China.
Through military conquest and diplomacy, this big Kahuna United the Hawaiian islands as a kingdom in 1810.
While not the first Emperor of Ethiopia, Tewodros did bring an end to the Zemene Mesafint in 1855, uniting a historically divided country.
Oda Nobunaga was a powerful Daimyō of Japan in the late 16th century who attempted to unify Japan during the late Sengoku period. Nobunaga is regarded as one of three unifiers of Japan along with his retainers Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu... read more Nobunaga was the first of the three men who United Japan under one leader. He United the country in 1582
Born the son of a peasant, Liu Bang brought together ten kingdoms under one roof as the Han Empire in 201 AD.
This guy basically did the same thing in 324 AD except the empire was divided into four pieces.
Yet another Roman emperor, this one brought the over powerful Palmyra empire and Gallic empire to their knees. In 273-74 AD.
The first Emperor of Rome, Augustus United the east and west under his rule and created the greatest empire the world has ever known.
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890. In the 1860s, he engineered a series of wars that unified the German states, deliberately excluding Austria,... read more "...Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood."
United the Germanic states into a current world power.
Unified the German states with swift accuracy
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery,... read moreThe Newcomers
Gaius Julius Caesar, known by his cognomen Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician and military general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
Although he is generally overlooked in history, King Phillip of Macedonia achieved what many people thought was impossible in 338 because. He United the Greek city States under one king.
George Washington (February 22, 1732– December 14, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led the Patriot... read more Funny how he's number 13, as he arguably united the 13 colonies
This dictator United the Congo under one government in 1971 and although he was a brutal tyrant he still held his country together.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an African American minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. King is best known for advancing civil rights through... read more
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.King Victor Emmanuel was the king of Sardinia-Piedmont, and under his rule, Italy was unified. He also employed Giuseppe Garibaldi and his Red Shirts to conquer The Two Sicilies and his other armies were able to push the pope back from his Papal States and into the walls of the Vatican
