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8000 BCE
Prehistoric times
There were no human rights -
3000 BCE
Egyptian slavery
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539 BCE
Cyrus the Great and Cyrus Cylinder
Cyrus the Great conquired Babylon and created the "Cyrus Cylinder"
(all slaves were free, all religions were accepted. Cyrus Cylinder was the first human rights representation) -
479 BCE
Greece same
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272 BCE
India same
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27 BCE
Roman Empire
Natural laws were about to be trampled by those who were in power -
1215
Magna Charta
England came to an agreement with Magna Charta, where even the king couldn't overpower himself -
Petition of Right
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British Bill of Rights
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America was born
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French revolution and new natural rights
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Napoleon
He crowned himself emperor of the world -
Sixth coalition against Napoleon
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Gandhi
He insisted that everyone must have rights, not just in Europe -
Period: to
First world war
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Irwin Gandhi pact
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Federal elections in Germany
Death camps of Hitler: 19 milion people died -
Period: to
Second world war
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United Nations are formed
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Eleanor Roosevelt
She agreed a set of rights for everyone -
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
