10 Peasants Who Became Rulers

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10. Catherine I – Russia
9. Justin I – Byzantium
8. Diocletian – Rome
7. Theodora – Byzantium
6. Maximinus Thrax – Rome
5. Liu Bang – China
4. Toyotomi Hideyoshi – Japan
3. Basil I – Byzantium
2. Ivaylo the Cabbage – Bulgaria
1. Zhu Yuanzhang – China

Source/Further reading:

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https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Grigorii_Semenovich_Musikiiskii_-_Portrait_Medallion_of_Peter_the_Great_and_Family_-_Walters_44326.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Family_of_Peter_I_of_Russia_by_G.Muskiyskiy_(1716-7,_Hermitage).jpg
https://historycollection.co/peter-the-great-pickled-the-head-of-his-wifes-lover-in-this-brutal-retaliation/3/
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Catherine_I_of_Russia%27s_coronation_plate_by_N.Fedorov_(1724-7,_Kremlin)_by_shakko_-_detail.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solidus_Justin_I_(obverse).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justin_I_by_Giovanni_Battista_de%27Cavalieri.jpg
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Anastasius_I_(emperor).jpg
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Justin,_L%E2%80%99histoire_de_Trogue_Pomp%C3%A9e,_impression_Jehan_Olivier,_1519_seul_exemplaire_connu.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Consular_diptych_of_Justin,_Constantinople,_540_or_shortly_before,_ivory_-_Bode-Museum_-_DSC03534.JPG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Folks%27_History_of_Rome_illus342.png
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-a-Roman-Emperor-died-after-being-struck-by-lightning
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https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Theodora_mosaic_-_Basilica_San_Vitale_(Ravenna).jpg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Justinian.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maximinus_Thrax_Musei_Capitolini_MC473.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liu-bang.jpg
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Liu_Bang.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor_gao_of_han_c01s06i01.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hangaozu.jpg
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Toyotomi_Hideyoshi.jpg
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Toyotomi_Hideyoshi_on_his_horse.jpg
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Odanobunaga.jpg