Who were some of the prominent thinkers that emerged during the mid-first millennium BCE?
1) Kabir and Mirabai
2) Zarathustra, Kong Zi, Socrates, and Mahavira
3) Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
4) Rousseau and Karl Marx

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

2

The correct answer is Option 2 - 2

1) Kabir and Mirabai
2) Zarathustra, Kong Zi, Socrates, and Mahavira
3) Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
4) Rousseau and Karl Marx

The mid-first millennium BCE is often regarded as a turning point in world history: it saw the emergence of thinkers such as Zarathustra in Iran, Kong Zi in China, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle in Greece, and Mahavira and Gautama Buddha, among many others, in India. They tried to understand the mysteries of existence and the relationship between human beings and the cosmic order. This was also the time when new kingdoms and cities were developing and social and economic life was changing in a variety of ways in the Ganga valley. These thinkers attempted to understand these developments as well.