What would you regard as the most important battle in human history?

Question

I know, I know, there are SO many. You can't really choose, especially because the way one event completely changes all of history, so if you change one early battle then all the ones after that would be different if they even existed...but this aside, along with the difficulty of choosing, what would you say is the most important? If you really must, you can pick three. Please explain why they were so important. I personally say the Battle of Tours was a crucial one...So was the one, I can't remember what it was called (Please include it if you know it in your answer), where the Gauls refrained from attacking Rome in 390/393 (Its unknown the exact date) after defeating the Roman military. What are some other big ones?

Answer 1

So many to choose from:
Gettysburg
Stalingrad
Midway
Hastings
Thermoplye
Chalons

If i had to pick one, i'd say the Battle of Tours where Charles Martel defeated the Moors/Saracen....important to me since if he lost, i'd be praying to Mecca every day....yah Charles.

Answer 2

The Battle for the Milvian Bridge in 312 when Emperor Constantine defeated the Emperor Maxentius for the supreme power over the Roman Empire because it ended one era of the Roman Empire and allowed the Emperor not only to take over all of the Roman Empire, but also to allow the spread of Christianity, the largest and most powerful religion on the face of the earth for the past 1,700 years (although this could change in the next 100-300 years).

Answer 3

1. The defeat of Abu 'abd Allah Muhammad XII by Ferdinand and Ysabella of Spain on January 2, 1492. This was the beginning of the united Roman Catholic Spain. It was shortly after this that Ferdinand and Ysabella financed Christopher Columbus's first voyage of discovery.

2. The Conquest of Tenochtitlan by Cortez. This was the end of the Aztec Triple Alliance and the beginning of Mexico as we know it.

3. The defeat of the Spanish Armada. This was the beginning of the end of Spanish dominance of the seas which was finally crushed by the Dutch in 1639. This is the beginning of Protestant dominance over much of Europe.

4. The defeat of theState of Qi by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC, this is the beginning of the Chinese Empire.

5. The Battle of Sekigahara on October 21, 1600. This battle is considered the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, the last of the Shogunates.

6. The destruction of Carthage by the Romans in 146 BC which lay the foundation for Roman world supremacy.

7. Julius Caesar's victory over Pompey at Pharsalus after which he was elected dictator of Rome.

Answer 4

Well, in hindsight, it turns out to be the Battle of the Chongchon River in November, 1950. By breaking the "UN" front and running the Americans out of North Korea, the Chinese not only established themselves as a world power but took their first step toward world domination in the 21st century.

Answer 5

Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197BC. The Roman army using maniples of men instead of phalanxes was able to crush the more rigid formations of the Greeks. This battle marked the demise of the Macedonian Phalanx, the most effective military fighting unit up to that point, by showing the weaknesses of more mobile units. The phalanxes were able to hold their ground till they were outflanked.

Answer 6

The Battle of Tours--if the Franks would have lost, Christianity may not have survived in Europe.

Answer 7

I would have to say the battle of Saratoga during the American Reveloution, it was a cheif reason Spain allied with us and allowed us to break free of British rule, if we had lost it we could still be under British rule and the world would be a compleately different place. I wouldn't be here cause my parents would have never imagrated.

Answer 8

The further back you go, the more an event had the chance to impact history even more.

Thermopylae: It actually happened (but not nearly as dramatic as 300 put it) and Greece very nearly became Persia.

Answer 9

The French Revolution. Why? Because France helped us gain our independence and in so doing bankrupted themselves. See, its funny!

Answer 10

Jesus Christ defeated death for my sin. That was some battle and not only did it change the whole world, but eternity also.