Lets put your egyptians and sumerians up to crossbows and lets see....


In no particular order for Chinese


Qin Shi Haungdi
Hao Gaozan
Han Wu Ti
Sun Tzu
Wang Mang (totally sped up downfall of Han)

No western...

Iulius Caeser
Gracchus brothers
Alexander
Hannibal
Phillip V (if only he had a better base of support)