Axial Age

Etymology
, coined by German philosopher (1883–1969) in his 1949 book Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte (The Origin and Goal of History).

Proper noun

 * 1)  The age from about the 8th to the 3rd century, during which broad changes in religious and philosophical thought occurred in a variety of locations.
 * 2) * 1986,, The Historical Background of India's Axial Age, , The Origins and Diversity of Axial Age Civilizations, , page 392,
 * This rather speculative explanation of a most important characteristic feature of Axial Age civilizations might be questioned. But it remains a fact that these tensions and the social Freiraum existed in all these societies.
 * 1) * 1991, Early Judaism and Its Literature,, BRILL, page 102,
 * According to the philosopher Karl Jaspers, the Axial Age encompassed 800-200 B.C.E., with a center at approximately 500.25 Jaspers used the epithet "Axial" because this epoch heralded fundamental and revolutionary changes in human social, religious, and intellectual history.
 * According to the philosopher Karl Jaspers, the Axial Age encompassed 800-200 B.C.E., with a center at approximately 500.25 Jaspers used the epithet "Axial" because this epoch heralded fundamental and revolutionary changes in human social, religious, and intellectual history.

Translations

 * French: période axiale, ère axiale
 * German:
 * Italian: periodo assiale