Peoples Of Times

List of time periods and major game-changing groups of people of those time periods.

Times Game-changers Their game-changing product
500 BC - 0 BC Philosphers (Socrates, Aristotle, Confucius, Chanakya) Philosophy
0 BC - 15th century Religious Leaders (Founders of Christianity and Islam, Religious foundations in several other regions) Religion/Scriptures/Teachings
14 - 17th century (Renaissance period) Polymaths (Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo) Theories/Art
14 - 18th century (Age of Exploration/Discovery and Pirates) Explorers/Discoverers/Invaders (Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Spanish Inquisition, Fall of Aztecs & Incas) Discovery of Land
18 - 20th century Inventors (Steam engine and gun inventors, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Telephone and Radio inventors) Invention
20 - 21st century (Age of Startups) Entrepreneurs (Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg) [Companies are the new big empires/religions] Ideas