THE AXIAL AGE —“The period from 900 to 200 BCE has been described by historian

THE AXIAL AGE

—“The period from 900 to 200 BCE has been described by historians as the axial age, a term coined by German philosopher Karl Jaspers. According to Jaspers, this is the era of history when “the spiritual foundations of humanity were laid simultaneously and independently… And these are the foundations upon which humanity still subsists today”. Intellectual historian Peter Watson has summarized this period as the foundation of many of humanity’s most influential philosophical traditions, including monotheism in Persia and Canaan, Platonism in Greece, Buddhism, Jainism in India, and Confucianism and Taoism in China.”– Wikipedia