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Period: 1894 BCE to 539 BCE
Babylonian Kingdom
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1750 BCE
Hammurabi - GOVERNMENT
Justice should apply to those wronged, and those accused of crimes. -
800 BCE
Lycurgus - GOVERNMENT
Wealthy Spartans submit to the state and lead by example. -
Period: 753 BCE to 476
Ancient Rome
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Period: 650 BCE to 371 BCE
Classical Spartan Period
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Period: 480 BCE to 404 BCE
Athenian Golden Age
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431 BCE
Pericles - GOVERNMENT
Everyone in Athens has rights and a say in the government. -
Period: 202 BCE to 9
Han Dynasty in China
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100 BCE
Wu of Han - GOVERNMENT
We must be good rulers to keep the Mandate of Heaven, if we do, we will earn spontaneous reward. -
100 BCE
Polybius - GOVERNMENT
A good government should incorporate democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy. -
42 BCE
Hortensia - GENDER
If women don't have rights, then we shouldn't pay taxes. -
Period: 661 to 750
Umayyad Caliphate
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Period: 1121 to 1269
Almohad Caliphate
Rulers of North Africa and Spain -
1195
Ibn Rushd - GENDER
Women should be given a chance, they are capable. -
1200
Muawiyah I - GOVERNMENT
A leader must fill the people with awe, and be fair. -
Period: 1517 to
European Reformation
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Period: 1575 to
Portuguese Empire in Africa
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Elizabeth I - GENDER
I may be a woman, but I am a monarch, and I am strong! -
Period: to
Romanov Dynasty rules Russia
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Queen Njinga of Ndongo - GENDER
We don't need to fight. We can work out our problems other ways. -
Period: to
Qing Dynasty in China
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Period: to
Reign of Louis XIV
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Louis XIV - GOVERNMENT
I should have total power and protestants should not be in my kingdom. -
Period: to
European Enlightenment
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Catherine the Great - GENDER
I choose to be seen as a wise ruler that improves the lives of her people rather than a warrior. -
Mary Wollstonecraft - GENDER
Women are more than pretty things, but society keeps them to value beauty more than other virtues. -
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First Wave Feminism
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Period: to
European Imperialism
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Period: to
British rule in Egypt
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Qiu Jin - GENDER
Chinese women are treated horribly. Foot binding is just an effort to keep us down! -
Violet Carruthers - GENDER
Women should take care of local and domestic, while men focus on business and global stuff. -
Huda Sha'arawi - GENDER
Sharia says that men and women are equal. Men are trying to take away rights that God has given us. -
Una Marson - GENDER
Women should be concerned about the rights of black people around the world. -
Period: to
Indira Gandhi Prime Minister of India
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Indira Gandhi - GOVERNMENT
Education is important, but it is not essential to a properly functioning democracy.