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World turning eventSomeone visiting tonight said "If we hadn't won the war you'd all be speaking German" So can I ask is their a world turning event you think changed the course of the World? The Cold war? Britain declaring war WWI and WWII? The dropping of the Atom Bomb? 9/11? Kennedy or King's death? Rosa Parka refusing to give up her bus seat? What do you consider to be aworld changing event and why?
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It would have to be the Bomb; that did change the course of world events IMHO. Rosa Parks was important for race relations here; not so much for the world. And what about the development of the polio vaccine? That had a worldwide effect. Also the AIDS epidemic. And the Internet...we wouldn't be chatting here without it.....buying things on eBay and Amazon, IM'ing, etc, etc. |
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Only a little question then .....  Erm .... electricity and associated advances in broadcasting etc? Or the internal combustion engine/need for oil and all that both entail The wheel? Iron? Fire? A lot depends on whether you want to put a time frame on it? I think historians/archaeologists say that the 'discovery' and improvement of wheat and other grain crops, which meant that humankind could stop being hunter/gatherers and instead become settled farmers is the most significant change in man's history. |
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Very valid point, DM; you're right, of course. Was thinking of the recent time frame, that is our and our paarents lifetimes. Oh, and add the invention of writing to the list! |
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