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Axial Age

pivotal age characterizing history and philosophy from the 8th to 3rd centuries BCE
Intangible aspect_of_history Q340742

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
aspect of history, periodization[3]
Discoverer or inventor
Karl Jaspers[2]
Native label
Achsenzeit[4]
P14541
2xT6ny, 3rg5ab[5][6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Axial Age en Axis Age en Axial Revolution ar العصر المحوري cs Osová doba cs Doba osová da aksetid de Achsenzeit es Revolución Axial es Era Axial fa عصر محوری fi Akseliaika fr Âge axial fr Période axiale he מהפכת הציר he עידן הציר it Achsenzeit it era assiale it periodo assiale ja 枢軸時代
🔖 Identifiers · 7
GND ID
4192746-1
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
achsenzeit
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
532441, 398935
Freebase ID
/m/03qkhs
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2696120
Lex ID
aksetid
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776160466

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Karl Jaspers
Discoverer or inventor 1
Karl Jaspers
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Summary

Axial Age is an aspect of history[1].

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Karl Jaspers

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    GND ID → 4192746-1
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  2. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → aspect of history, periodization
    Aliases → —
    Discoverer or inventor → Karl Jaspers
    P14541 → 2xT6ny, 3rg5ab
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