Axial Age
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The Axial Age is a term for the pivotal period roughly between the 8th and 3rd centuries BCE when major philosophical and religious traditions independently emerged across different civilizations, fundamentally shaping later human thought.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Axial Age canonical | 3 |
| Axial Age (approximately 800–200 BCE) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3965575 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Axial Age Context triple: [Karl Jaspers, notableConcept, Axial Age]
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A.
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is the long era of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, marked by major developments in politics, philosophy, art, and literature that profoundly shaped Western culture.
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B.
Roots of Western Culture
Roots of Western Culture is a philosophical work by Herman Dooyeweerd that analyzes the religious and ideological foundations shaping Western civilization.
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C.
Golden Age
The Golden Age is a mythological era of primordial peace, prosperity, and harmony, often associated with the early rule of the Titans before human decline through subsequent ages.
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D.
Common Era
The Common Era (CE) is the widely used secular calendar era that counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus, corresponding to the same years as AD in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
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E.
Ectasian Period
The Ectasian Period is a division of the Mesoproterozoic characterized by widespread stabilization of continental crust and the continued development of early eukaryotic life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Axial Age Target entity description: The Axial Age is a term for the pivotal period roughly between the 8th and 3rd centuries BCE when major philosophical and religious traditions independently emerged across different civilizations, fundamentally shaping later human thought.
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A.
Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity is the long era of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, marked by major developments in politics, philosophy, art, and literature that profoundly shaped Western culture.
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B.
Roots of Western Culture
Roots of Western Culture is a philosophical work by Herman Dooyeweerd that analyzes the religious and ideological foundations shaping Western civilization.
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C.
Golden Age
The Golden Age is a mythological era of primordial peace, prosperity, and harmony, often associated with the early rule of the Titans before human decline through subsequent ages.
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D.
Common Era
The Common Era (CE) is the widely used secular calendar era that counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus, corresponding to the same years as AD in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
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E.
Ectasian Period
The Ectasian Period is a division of the Mesoproterozoic characterized by widespread stabilization of continental crust and the continued development of early eukaryotic life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical period
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historiographical concept ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Achsenzeit ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Ancient China
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Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
ancient India ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient India
Ancient Israel ⓘ Eastern Iranian cultures ⓘ
surface form:
Iranian cultural sphere
|
| associatedWithThinker |
Aristotle
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Confucius ⓘ Jeremiah ⓘ Laozi ⓘ Mahavira ⓘ Plato ⓘ Second Isaiah ⓘ Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form:
Siddhartha Gautama
Socrates ⓘ Zoroaster ⓘ
surface form:
Zarathustra
|
| associatedWithTradition |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ
surface form:
Daoism
Greek philosophy ⓘ Hebrew prophecy ⓘ Hindu Upanishadic thought ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ early Judaism ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
critique of traditional mythic worldviews
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development of abstract philosophical reasoning ⓘ emergence of major philosophical traditions ⓘ emergence of major world religions ⓘ independent developments in multiple civilizations ⓘ new forms of ethical reflection ⓘ rise of universalizing moral ideas ⓘ |
| coinedBy | Karl Jaspers ⓘ |
| describedInWork | The Origin and Goal of History ⓘ |
| hasCentralTheme |
ethical responsibility
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justice and social order ⓘ nature of ultimate reality ⓘ question of the good life ⓘ relationship between humans and the divine ⓘ |
| influenced |
global ethical thought
ⓘ
later philosophical systems ⓘ later world religions ⓘ |
| subjectOfDebate |
chronological boundaries
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degree of cross-cultural connection ⓘ validity as a unified historical period ⓘ |
| timeSpanApproximateEnd | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| timeSpanApproximateStart | 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| usedInDiscipline |
comparative philosophy
ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ religious studies ⓘ sociology of religion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Axial Age Description of subject: The Axial Age is a term for the pivotal period roughly between the 8th and 3rd centuries BCE when major philosophical and religious traditions independently emerged across different civilizations, fundamentally shaping later human thought.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Axial Age (approximately 800–200 BCE)