Themes in World History - RW

  • Period: 1894 BCE to 539 BCE

    Babylonian Kingdom

  • 1750 BCE

    Hammurabi - GOVERNMENT

    Hammurabi - GOVERNMENT
    Justice should apply to those wronged, and those accused of crimes.
  • 800 BCE

    Lycurgus - GOVERNMENT

    Lycurgus - GOVERNMENT
    Wealthy Spartans submit to the state and lead by example.
  • Period: 753 BCE to 476

    Ancient Rome

  • Period: 650 BCE to 371 BCE

    Classical Spartan Period

  • Period: 480 BCE to 404 BCE

    Athenian Golden Age

  • 431 BCE

    Pericles - GOVERNMENT

    Pericles - GOVERNMENT
    Everyone in Athens has rights and a say in the government.
  • Period: 202 BCE to 9

    Han Dynasty in China

  • 100 BCE

    Wu of Han - GOVERNMENT

    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

    Polybius - GOVERNMENT
    A good government should incorporate democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy.
  • 42 BCE

    Hortensia - GENDER

    Hortensia - GENDER
    If women don't have rights, then we shouldn't pay taxes.
  • Period: 661 to 750

    Umayyad Caliphate

  • Period: 1121 to 1269

    Almohad Caliphate

    Rulers of North Africa and Spain
  • 1195

    Ibn Rushd - GENDER

    Ibn Rushd - GENDER
    Women should be given a chance, they are capable.
  • 1200

    Muawiyah I - GOVERNMENT

    Muawiyah I - GOVERNMENT
    A leader must fill the people with awe, and be fair.
  • Period: 1517 to

    European Reformation

  • Period: 1575 to

    Portuguese Empire in Africa

  • Elizabeth I - GENDER

    Elizabeth I - GENDER
    I may be a woman, but I am a monarch, and I am strong!
  • Period: to

    Romanov Dynasty rules Russia

  • Queen Njinga of Ndongo - GENDER

    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

  • Period: to

    Reign of Louis XIV

  • Louis XIV - GOVERNMENT

    Louis XIV - GOVERNMENT
    I should have total power and protestants should not be in my kingdom.
  • Period: to

    European Enlightenment

  • Catherine the Great - GENDER

    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

    Mary Wollstonecraft - GENDER
    Women are more than pretty things, but society keeps them to value beauty more than other virtues.
  • Period: to

    First Wave Feminism

  • Period: to

    European Imperialism

  • Period: to

    British rule in Egypt

  • Qiu Jin - GENDER

    Qiu Jin - GENDER
    Chinese women are treated horribly. Foot binding is just an effort to keep us down!
  • Violet Carruthers - GENDER

    Violet Carruthers - GENDER
    Women should take care of local and domestic, while men focus on business and global stuff.
  • Huda Sha'arawi - GENDER

    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

    Una Marson - GENDER
    Women should be concerned about the rights of black people around the world.
  • Period: to

    Indira Gandhi Prime Minister of India

  • Indira Gandhi - GOVERNMENT

    Indira Gandhi - GOVERNMENT
    Education is important, but it is not essential to a properly functioning democracy.