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if you were not with the right people you were treated very poorly -
Cyrus announced that all slaves were free to go, and people were free to choose their religion -
the idea of human rights spread to Greece -
Natural law kept getting trampled on by those in power -
The Edicts are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on pillars, boulders, and cave walls -
The constitution is the most significant document that survived from the time of the Prophet Muhammad. -
it was until a thousand years later, where England finally get a king to agree that no one can overrule the human rights.
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Peoples right were finally recognised and an English constitutional document was created, setting out specific individual protections against the state
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Human rights were finally recognised and people were safe from those in power.
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The Enlightenment brought secular thought to Europe and reshaped the ways people understood issues such as liberty, equality, and individual rights.
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Portugal proudly claims to be one of the first countries to abolish slavery following a 1761 decree.
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The declaration of independence let people have certain Inalienable Rights including Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness. All Men are created equal. Individuals have a civic duty to defend these rights for themselves and others.
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The American Revolution was an epic political and military struggle waged when 13 of Britain's North American colonies rejected its imperial rule.
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The French immediately followed America with their own revolution for their own rights, with their list being even longer.
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Napoleon decided to overthrow the new french democracy and crown himself emperor of the world, he almost succeeded but the countries of the Europe join forces and defeated him.
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Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India.
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World War ii eurrupted and Hilter exterminated half the Jewish population.