The story of sailors who challenged the boundaries of the world map. This phase ushered in the era of early globalization and cultural exchange, but also laid the foundations for colonialism and imperialism that permanently altered the world's geopolitical map.
Featuring the beheading of the King of France and the American Declaration of Independence, it was the world's first demonstration that ideas could be put into practice through physical revolution.
Discussions in 18th century European coffeehouses by thinkers such as Voltaire, John Locke, and Rousseau. They began to question: "Why must the king have absolute power? Why don't the people have rights?" This is where the blueprint for the modern legal system was designed.
Highlighting Galileo, Copernicus, and Newton. Earth was no longer the center of the universe. Mathematical logic and the scientific method were born, replacing superstition with empirical experimentation.
Explains how humans began to move away from blind dogma and began to admire their own human potential through the works of Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Gutenberg's invention of the printing press which spread knowledge massively.