In March 1930, Gandhi, leader of the Indian Independence Movement, sent a letter to the headquarters of the British Raj in New Delhi.
Mohandas Gandhi led a non-violent protest against the collection of salt taxes, to facilitate talks on India’s independence.
Confucius, K’ung Fu-tzu, was old school and longed for the return of discipline and order in society.
For those looking for something more than Communist ideology or mere materialism, his teachings on morality and good conduct are still seen as an important lesson for the next generation.
Socrates, the great philosopher, taught his student to question everything, including the government. This was perceived as dissident and cost his life.
Confucius had argued that the good society is ordered and obedient. For Socrates, it was stroppy, dissident and open. It is not good to be right, when the government is wrong.
The Persian king, Cyrus ransacked Lydia for Groesus’ gold, before conquering Babylon to free the Jews.
Cyrus the Great ransacked Lydia for the gold of King Croesus, the richest man in the world. This gold would allow Cyrus to use and circulate modern currency.
The empire of Alexander the Great wedded, quite literally, the cultures of East and West. Macedonian Empire.
Cyrus the Great became a particular hero of his. His father said to him, “My son, seek out a kingdom worthy of yourself. Macedonia’s too small for you.”
After war and repression, the belief in one god flourished in the form of judaism.
Monotheism was not unique but, the Jewish Faith had the power of the written word to record the full detail of their belief system.
Against the odds, the Athenian citizen army overcame the Persian forces at Marathon and saved Athens and democracy.
The Battle of Marathon was, perhaps, the most significant conflict in recent times. The whole democratic system we now know was at stake.
Siddartha Gautama meditated for 49 days and nights below a Bodhi tree to reach true enlightenment. He became known as Buddha. The spiritual leader of India.
By his late twenties, Siddhartha was becoming frustrated. He became sickened by his easy life, reflecting that even his comparative wealth wouldn’t stop them from suffering, growing old and sick.
Sennacherib was a blood-thirsty Assyrian, in the Palace of Nineveh, one of the first great empire builders.
The Assyrian Empire was one of the great Empires established by Sennacherib in our early, warring human society.
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