It’s the International Week of Science and Peace.<\/a> Today, we’re looking at ‘Peace’.<\/p>\n It is thought that of 3,400 years of written history, there have only been 250 years in which no country has been documented as being at war. I’m sure that most of us would class ourselves as advocates of peace, but some people go much further, making it their life’s work to try to put an end to war and make peace a reality.<\/p>\n Here is a glimpse of some of the high profile peace activists you can find on Europeana.<\/p>\n ‘Gandhi, le leader hindou et Miss Slade, sa secr\u00e9taire anglaise condamn\u00e9e \u00e0 3 mois de prison pour avoir refus\u00e9 de quitter la ville : [photographie de presse] \/ Agence Mondial’, French National Library and The European Library, public domain<\/em><\/p>\n First up, Mahatma Gandhi.<\/a> Through non-violent disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi’s vision was of an India where people of different religions lived harmoniously side by side. To promote this idea, he undertook fasts and visited areas troubled by religious unrest. Gandhi was assassinated in January 1948 by a Hindu nationalist.<\/p>\n Secondly, Martin Luther King<\/a>, another promoter of harmony sadly killed by an objector. Like Gandhi, Luther King used non-violent protest to further his cause – the African-American civil rights movement. In 1963, he helped to organise a march on Washington, at which he delivered his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech. In 1964, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. He was assassinated in 1968.<\/p>\n