World War II was a world-wide military war – which started off as two completely separate conflicts. The first conflict began in Asia in 1937 and was called the Second Sino-Japanese War. The other conflict began in Europe in 1939 and began when Germany invaded Poland.
Cleopatra was one of the most famous queens in ancient Egypt. She was known in that time as Cleopatra VII because she was the seventh woman in her family to have that name - but she is the only one that we remember. Her family ruled Egypt for over 100 years alone before she was born close to 69 B.C.
Virginian Robert E. Lee was the idol of the South and one of the famous leaders during the Civil War. He actually had a hard time trying to adjust to the warfare of the time because it had changed so much – but this did not slow him down. He was able to keep the Union (northern) army out of Virginia for up to three years.