What are the top three most significant historical events in World History?
October 21st, 2008 | by admin |
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What are the top three most significant historical events in World History? Explain why you find each to be “significant.”
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14 Responses to “What are the top three most significant historical events in World History?”
By Montego on Oct 22, 2008 | Reply
The day my father was born
The day my mother was born
Which led up to the most important day in history when Montego was born!!!!
By Lauren C on Oct 22, 2008 | Reply
Revolutionary War
World War II
Cold War
??? well i like them the most
By Daredevil on Oct 26, 2008 | Reply
1. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Ended WWII
2. American Revolution
Created what is today the United States, a superpower globally.
3. Landing on the Moon
Possibly man’s greatest achievement
By Zac P on Oct 28, 2008 | Reply
The first 3 seconds of the existance of anything.
Why? Because it was what unfolded during and after the first seconds of the creation of matter in the universe that brought us to the point we are at now. I know thats nothing like the answer you wanted, but I figure you can’t weigh the significance of historical events because if anything had happened differently, the world wouldn’t be exactly how it is now.
By Christine C on Oct 29, 2008 | Reply
Off of the top of my head, I would say Galileo’s discovery that the sun is the center of the solar system, the American revolution (including the political theory of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke that led to it), and Mahatma Ghandi’s work in India. In each case, it was individuals or groups of individuals challenging the establishment and fighting for what they believed to be true. I think that characteristic is one of the most important things about being human.
By silverlock1974 on Oct 30, 2008 | Reply
1) The invention of writing.
2) The invention of the printing press.
3) The invention of the Internet (by Al Gore?!?
I picked these three because I think what makes our world/Universe special for us is other people. And these three things were key developments in communication between people.
By mich on Nov 2, 2008 | Reply
1. world war one
2. world war two
3. renaissance period
because these 3 events made the world open its eyes…
By gary s on Nov 4, 2008 | Reply
Creation of Adam and Eve.The death of Christ.The invention of the light bulb.Without the creation of Adam and Eve,no one would live here.The death of Christ is the start of our Gregorian calander,invented by a priest.Without the light bulb we would be in the dark after sundown and having house fires from open flames.
By Rosie on Nov 6, 2008 | Reply
I would say no doubt Rome’s embracing Christianity as their official religion has shaped the way the world is now more than maybe anything. If Emperor Constantine hadn’t decided to use Christianity to unite his empire and given the early Christians protection under the law who knows what would have become of it. There is no way without Rome’s backing the Church could have spread so far so fast.
By SherryPie on Nov 6, 2008 | Reply
Depending on who you are, and where you’re from, this question could be answered a million different ways! But there are three things that have greatly influenced the course of history with huge impacts:
1. The “discovery” of the new world.
2. The American Revolution.
3. The invention of the nuclear bomb.
The discovery of the Americas changed the course of history by expanding the way people viewed the world. No longer was the world just the tip of Europe. New lands, new people, new societies, new foods…all of these worked together to bring people closer to a more modern worldview.
The American Revolution was not just a war for independence from England–it was an ideal that went beyond mere governance. It was a notion that stipulated that all men had rights–in a world in which only the rich, and subsequently powerful, made the rules. It opened the door for freedom of thought…which definitely came way before freedom of speech and religion–think: John Locke.
The invention of the nuclear bomb–splitting the atom, theory of relativity–the scientific break throughs that accompanied this paradigm opened the world to new technology which changed how we live, and in so doing, tipped the balance of power. We were already a mighty nation, but this invention made us a ’superpower’ and bestowed upon us all of the rights and responsibilities that come with being mighty.
If you were to ask for a fourth ’significant’ historical event…though it is more recent history, I would have to say the creation of the Internet which has connected the entire world! But between these, of course, are the advances in medicine and modern science (precipitated by the need to eradicate disease such as the plague…), the invention of the automobile (the combustion engine) and the discovery of oil based fuels, each and every war on the planet, the introduction of corn to Europe…Wow! We could go on forever about what is significant in world history…but it’s still all relative to where you are and who you are…as evidenced by the differing responses on this board alone!
What is historically significant depends entirely on one’s viewpoint, and it is difficult not to be ethnocentric when deciding which to include. When you decide for yourself which events are most significant, I would love to read your answer!
By Neil Young meets Shastakovitch on Nov 9, 2008 | Reply
The successful reproduction of the first homo sapiens
The birth of Jesus Christ
Landing on the moon.
By fred47371 on Nov 11, 2008 | Reply
The Industrial Revolution,significant because of the rapid change from a medivial society that went unchanged for centuries,to a mechanized society that completely changed civilization.
The development of nuclear weapons,significant because for the first time mankind has the capability to destroy the world.
The development of micro circuits,significant because it led to the creation of the high technology society of today.
By shadowrench on Nov 11, 2008 | Reply
-Fire
The original Human who developed the use of Fire allowed for us as a race to stay warm and survive in otherwise unlivable conditions (such as the two poles) allowed us to develop technology (Cooking, Smithery, Construction etc all use Fire in some method) and without it the Race could not progress as it has.
-The development of Gunpowder.
The Ancient Chinese developed Gun Powder, which they also later developed into rifles (Or originally ‘Fire lance’ or ‘Fire Spear’) which revolutionised warfare and culture all over the world. Without the development of Gunpowder the world would never have reached the technology that it has/ Gunpowder has directly or indirectly advanced Mining, Warfare, Hunting/Resource Gathering, Sport, The Assembly Line, and many many more.
-The Founding of the Soviet Union
The USSR formed after conceding huge expanses of territory to the Germans in the treaty of Brest-Litvosk, a civil war with it’s Imperial predecessors, another civil war with opponants to Lenin (The Whites) and then an internal political struggle between Stalin and Trotsky & Zinoviev. It was the reason the U.S.A and Capitalism was stunted later in the 1900’s in their attemps at expansion. It is the reason the U.S economy developed as it did thanks to the Cold Wars’ arms race. It is the reason there are permanent members of the U.N Security council, the reason that Germany lost WWII when it did (it may have lost anyway, but alot more slowly and with alot more fighting without an eastern front to contend with) it Communised the modern day North Korea and supported the Communisation of China, as well as forcing Communisation of multiple Eastern Bloc nations including Yugoslavia, Hungary, East Germany, etc. Without the USSR, the world would be an age behind itself, and it would be in a lot less precarious of a position (Nukes, if even developed, would be a lot fewer in stocks)
By William T on Nov 11, 2008 | Reply
1. The Invention of the Printing Press - The sharing of information is so important and the printing press makes this happen far faster and easier than hand written material. Without the ability to distribute information with the printed word we would be in a world so different from this one that I will not even venture a guess what it would be like.
2. The Invention of Mathematics - I especially mean algebra and calculus. With out math there would be no science as we currently think of it. This means medicine is restricted to herbs and chanting, no electricity and a host of other problems.
3. The Invention of Organized Religion - For good or for ill religion has a massive impact on the world and how people act and make decisions. It’s narrow-minded to only consider one of them because every religion has had an impact on the world. Sure some of them like Christianity for example have had a larger impact but that doesn’t mean that others have had none.
Lastly, if we are talking about history then all claims such as ‘the birth of jesus’ are irrelevant since they are matters of faith and not historically verified. Choices like this should be made as, ‘the start of Christianity’ instead.