WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As Paris became a global capital of philosophy known for its intellectuals’ challenging of traditional beliefs, it earned the nickname “the City of Light” (“la Ville Lumière”). It is undeniable that the city’s thinkers and the broader Enlightenment movement altered history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paris is the capital and most populous city of France.

Detailed explanation-3: -Historians place the Enlightenment in Europe (with a strong emphasis on France) during the late 17th and the 18th centuries, or, more comprehensively, between the Glorious Revolution in 1688 and the French Revolution of 1789.

Detailed explanation-4: -Paris is often referred to as the ‘City of Light’ (La Ville Lumière), both because of its leading role during the Age of Enlightenment and more literally because Paris was one of the first large European cities to use gas street lighting on a grand scale on its boulevards and monuments.