Themes in World History-KG

Babylonian Kingdom

Period: 1894 BCE to 539 BCE

Hammurabi - GOVERNMENT

1750 BCE

I believe laws should apply to people based on class

Ancient Rome

Period: 753 BCE to 476

Athenian Golden Age

Period: 480 BCE to 404 BCE

Pericles - GOVERNMENT

431 BCE

I believe that citizens should be allowed to help in decision making

Aristotle - EQUALITY

350 BCE

I believe that it is worse to be a slave by nature than a slave by law because slaves by nature are naturally equipped to do the work making them always a slave

Polybius - GOVERNMENT

100 BCE

I believe in the separation of power

Hortensia - GENDER

42 BCE

if women don't have rights then we shouldn't have to pay taxes

Umayyad Caliphate

Period: 661 to 750

Almohad Caliphate

Period: 1121 to 1269

Ibn Rushd - GENDER

1169

I believe that women can succeed just as men if given the same opportunities

Muawiyah I - GOVERNMENT

1200

I believe a ruler should awe his people

Mongol Empire

Period: 1206 to 1294

Genghis Khan - EQUALITY

1247

I believe the mongols are the highest and i plan to take over the world

Inca Empire

Period: 1438 to 1572

European Reformation

Period: 1517 to 1648

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui - EQUALITY

1540

I believe in equality for everyone and that everyone should work together

Queen Nzinga of Ndongo - GENDER

1575

I believe everything can be done peacefully

Portuguese Empire in Africa

Period: 1575 to 1975

Elizabeth I of England and Ireland - GENDER

1588

I can do everything a King can do

Edo period in Japan

Period: 1603 to 1868

Tokugawa Ieyasu - EQUALITY

1610

I believe in a hierarchy where all roles are valued

Romanov dynasty rules Russia

Period: 1613 to 1917

Qing Dynasty in China

Period: 1636 to 1912

Reign of Louis XIV

Period: 1643 to 1715

Louis XIV - GOVERNMENT

1685

I believe my monarchy is stronger than the noblemen's aristocracy

European Enlightenment

Period: 1688 to 1789

Industrial Revolution

Period: 1760 to 1830

Czar Catherine The Great - GENDER

1783

I ruled Russia without a man I hope to see more equality soon

Mary Wollstonecraft - GENDER

1792

I believe that society was wasting its assets because it kept women in the role of 'convenient domestic slaves'

Karl Marx - EQUALITY

1848

I believe in a communist society where the wealth is shared and everyone is equal

Roger Taney - EQUALITY

1856

I believe in the separation of the classes

First Wave of Feminism

Period: 1870 to 1950

European Imperialism

Period: 1870 to 1960

British Rule in Egypt

Period: 1882 to 1922

Andrew Carnegie - EQUALITY

1889

I believe the rich should provide for the poor

Qiu Jin - GENDER

1907

I believe foot binding is wrong and women should have more rights

Violet Carruthers - GENDER

1912

I am against womens suffrage

Huda Sha'arawi - GENDER

1923

I believe that women should have the right to be educated

Una Marson - GENDER

1935

I am a jamaican feminist

B.R. Ambedkar - EQUALITY

1935

I believe in the conversion of Hindu to Buddhism

Nation of India

Period: 1947 to 2023

Nelson Mandela - EQUALITY

1948

I believe in the abolishment of apartheid to have everyone be equal

Apartheid rule in south africa

Period: 1948 to 1994

Lyndon Johnson - EQUALITY

1964

I believe in equal opportunity for all Americans

Malcolm X - EQUALITY

1964

I believe violence can solve problems and equality should be fought for

Indira Gandhi

Period: 1966 to 1984

Indira Gandhi - GOVERNMENT

1971

I believe in experience over education

Khmer Rouge Regime

Period: 1975 to 1978

Pol Pot - EQUALITY

1978

I believe in complete equality for the Kampuchean people