Evaluate the significance to cultural and intellectual developments of two individuals.

Candidates will appraise the significance to cultural and intellectual developments of two individuals from the period indicated by the timeframe of this topic. The individuals chosen may have been influential in art, philosophy, literature or other intellectual endeavours or alternatively, have risen to prominence due to their contributions to science. The two individuals chosen need not be contemporaneous and they may or may not be chosen from the same state or region. Candidates may explain the significance of the figures by indicating the impact they had during their lifetime. However, it may be that the examples chosen gained greater prominence in later periods. Knowledge will be used to address their significance and for this to go beyond a description of their work. Each figure may be considered separately or a thematic approach may be adopted if candidates choose to compare the degree of significance.