In your opinion, what are some of the most important events in world history?

Answer 1

The top five are:

5. 476 AD - Fall of the Roman Empire, the last emperor is deposed by barbarians, although the fall was a steady decline, this was the year that it finally happened, europe descending into the dark ages after this point

2. Aug 6, 1588 - Spanish Armada defeated, beginning Britain's hegemy (sp) that lasted several hundred years.

3. July 3, 1863 - Longstreet's frontal assault with Trimble, Picket and Garnett's 15,000 men marked high tide of the Confederacy, a victory would've meant the end of the Civil War and Southern independence.

2. December 2, 1942 - first controlled nuclear fission, international policy has never been the same since. Marked the beginning of nuclear holocaust potential, relying on E-MC2 and other scientists work/knowledge before him.


and the # single most important event in history of Mankind:

1. 24,000 BC - homosapiens drive the Neanderthals off, and the world has never been the same since.

Answer 2

I'm going to start with the fall of the Roman Empire; fall of the Byzantine Empire; the Protestant Reformation, the Renaissance, the Crusades, the discovery of the New World, the American Revolution, WWI, WWII, the Cold War, the breakup of the Soviet Union, first Muslim terrorist attack on the US when they took our embassy in 1979, the discovery of nuclear energy; the first computer being made; the Industrial Revolution;

Answer 3

The Civil Right Movement

Emancipation Proclamation

Rwandan Genocide

Answer 4

Athanasius as the bishop of Alexandria listed the twenty-seven books[of the New Testiment] in 367 A.D.

The "New Testiment" forever shapes the religion of Christianity and how Christians will interact with the rest of the world.

Hundreds of wars, crusades, and massacres are directly linked to which books were chosen to be in the New Testiment and which were left out. Also affected: women's rights, civil law, slavery, property and inheritence laws.

Answer 5

I think that everything happening around the world right now, and in the 2000's will be a major part of the world's history.

And WWII

Answer 6

The Cold War came about because of WW2, which was caused by the settlement at the end of WW1. WW1 was far more important than either WW2 or the Cold War - it changed everything, globally.

Answer 7

The agricultural revolution, the transition from hunting and gathering food to agriculture.
The industrial revolution.
The information revolution.

Certain inventions such as:
the wheel, the steam engine, use of electricity, the combustion engine, bicycle, car, airplane, the washing machine, the computer

Answer 8

The Rise of the Mammals and the Stupidity of Man.

Answer 9

Walking on the moon.

Answer 10

the revolutionary war