Epoch Two Artifacts

For epoch two's time capsule our group wanted to choose artifacts that represented the silk road, enlightenment, democracy founded by the Greeks and the printing press. All of these things and ideas a significant impact on society in epoch two. The artifact our group chose to represent the silk road are spices. Spices stand for the silk road because they were traded from places like India to European countries. The silk road also connected places and countries that had never before seen outsiders too which made the world just a little more globalized.
Our group's second artifact is a light bulb to stand for enlightenment. When people found out that government is not invincible they were enlightened. They realized they could rebel and the government did not have some divine power on it's side. With this knowledge society began to rebel and form new governments which would change the world for forever.
For our groups tertiary artifact we made an election poster representing democracy which was founded by the Greeks. With out democracy the world would probably be the opposite of what it is now. The election poster shows how everyone (All adult males though) had a say in everything and had an opinion.
A newspaper is our final artifact for epoch two. It represents one of the most important inventions in the world. It aloud exact copies to be made of pieces of literature and later in history art. This way more people could educate themselves which meant there were more people in the world who were able to help innovate society.