Karl Jaspers (1883 – 1969) pioneered the idea of the Axial Age. All historians do not accept the idea, because it implies a knowing directive force behind the unfolding of history. Some historians find this idea unacceptable. However, according to Jaspers, the period between 800 to 200 B.C.E., was the time in which time all foundations that underlie current civilization came into being. The Axial Age plays a central, foundational, or crucial role in human history. Some extend the Axial period as late at 600 C.E.. Jaspers was led to realize the possibility of a political unity of the world in while writing his book Die Atombombe und die Zukunft des Menschen (The Future of Mankind, 1961). The aim of this political world union envisioned by Jaspers would not be absolute sovereignty but rather a world confederation in which the various entities could live and communicate in freedom and peace. Those who believe that religions are not merely human attempts at answering the deep questions about life and its meaning and purpose—but represent divine intervention—will regard the Axial Age as a period during which God revealed moral truths to humanity