Humanity has been crossed by several historical landmarks in its existence, but we can only have knowledge of those that have been documented in some way. For this reason, historical documents end up acquiring a lot of value for demarcating for eternity the great society changes. Therefore, in this article you will find some of them. Read until the end and remember the great historical landmarks.
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Documents serve to preserve memories, keep historical facts, and mainly serve as proof of events. However, it is important to emphasize that they can be presented in different ways, some documents are written, others are drawn, but they all tell about the story. Meet some of them here.
1. brothers poem
Being one of the few fragments that remain of the 10,000 poems written by Sappho (c. 630-c. 570 BC), the lyric poetry “Poema dos Irmãos”, which was made on papyrus, is one of the great documents of humanity.
2, Cyrus Cylinder
It is nothing more than a 2600-year-old cylinder, made of clay, which has a transcription regarding the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus in 539 BC.
3. The art of war
Made by Master Sun, the document is one of the first to talk about military strategies, which are a source of inspiration to the present day for the Far East and West.
4. Ruler Letter
Made by King John in 1215, the English document was the first to address any issue of human rights, by determining the right to justice for all free people.
5. Gutenberg Bible
First big book to be printed, after that, large-scale printing became a real thing.
6. Summa Theologica
Made by Thomas Aquino, the 1485 work has all the great teachings of the Catholic Church.
7. Declaration of independence
After issued and adopted by the national congress, more than 10 American colonies severed political ties with Great Britain.
8. Declaration of the Right of Man and Citizen
In the year 1789, the French National Constituent Assembly issued the document, which was one of the first intended to deal with human civil rights.
9. Slavery Abolition Law
Entering into force on August 1, 1834, the law decreed the immediate abolition of the slave market in most of the English territory.
10. Communist Manifesto Pamphlet
Made by Karl Marx and Friederich Engels, it ended up becoming the communist manifesto, an influential political document around the world.
11. The Interpretation of the Dream
Made by the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, the document became the basis for the theory of the Oedipus Complex.
12. Treaty of Versailles
The treaty was an agreement that ended World War I.
13. Women's Vote
Through a constitutional amendment in the year 1920, the United States officially defined the right to vote for women.
