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1950 BCE
Social Revolutions
Social revolutions are sudden changes in the structure and nature of society. These revolutions are usually recognized as having transformed society, economy, culture, philosophy, and technology along with but more than just the political systems.
The first social revolution was based on the domestication of plants and animals. -
1600 BCE
Divine Right of Kings
The divine right of kings, in European history, was a political doctrine in defense of monarchical absolutism, which asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not, therefore, be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament. -
507 BCE
Democracy in Ancient Greece
Democracy in ancient Greece served as one of the first forms of self-rule government in the ancient world. Democracy in Ancient Greece was very direct. What this means is that all the citizens voted on all the laws. Rather than vote for representatives, as we do, each citizen was expected to vote for every law. -
27 BCE
The Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Northern Africa, and Western Asia ruled by emperors. -
1142
Iroquois Confederacy
The Iroquois or Haudenosaunee are an Iroquoian indigenous confederacy in northeast North America. They were known during the colonial years to the French as the Iroquois League, and later as the Iroquois Confederacy. The English called them the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca. -
Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government were not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power and placed limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself. -
Jun 15, 1215
British Parliament
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies, and the British overseas territories. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and the overseas territories. -
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds on an influential formulation of social contract theory. -
John Locke
John Locke FRS was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism". -
Revolutionary Ideas
Revolutionary ideas and developments involve great changes in the way that something is done or made.
The Age of Revolution is a period from the late-18th to the mid-19th centuries during which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred in most of Europe and the Americas.
