How did the ideas of Axial age thinkers respond to changing conditions in their own historical moment? How did subsequent generations continue to draw on and adapt their ideas in response to historical changes after the Axial age? Choose two thinkers from two different areas and then compare and contrast.

How did the ideas of Axial age thinkers respond to changing conditions in their own historical moment? How did subsequent generations continue to draw on and adapt their ideas in response to historical changes after the Axial age? Choose two thinkers from two different areas and then compare and contrast.