[spatch]

Well me and my boys were doin what not (chillin with the capton or dancing with mary jane) when we randomly got on the topic of world events. I thought, "what is the most important (non-religious) event in history"

we came up with...
- Detonation of atomic bomb
- Collapse of roman empire
- 9/11
- Columbus finding america


But what I thought was the #1 event in history is something you dont hear much of. I think its martin luter posting the 95 theses agains the church. This started the decline of the death grip the catholic church had on the lives of everyone in europe.

[Ubiquitous]

The day they invented vaginas..... and the day they invented steak is a close second.

[CROWLER]

Formation of the planet earth I think pretty much tops all of the above


CROWLER

[BioHazzard]

There isn't just one single most important event in history. There are however, many critical pivotal points in history that determined the course of history and resulting in where we are today.

[kwyckemynd00]

I'd say the day Newton was born

Isaac Newton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[fbxdan]

Well in western/european history I can think of quite a few, and obviously there are thousands. Here are two that I consider important:

- Charles Martel and the Battle of Tours in 732. This event preserved our culture from muslim invasion, and saved us from becoming taken over from islamic invaders. If he would have lost, European and World history would have taken an entirely different course.

- The two world wars and the subsequent after effects.

[CDB]

The transistion from barter to indirect exchange, or the transition period that gave birth to money in other words. Biggest single collective event in the history of the world. Without it no modern economy is possible.

[glg]

Wouldn't Martin Luther violate the note on non-religios events?

And are we going for recorded history (verbal or written), geologic history etc.

My vote would be either the formation of the earth (mentioned above), the beginning of life forms on the Earth or the big bang or whatever wiped most life out beore all the ice ages etc.

[kwyckemynd00]

Originally Posted by CDB

The transistion from barter to indirect exchange, or the transition period that gave birth to money in other words. Biggest single collective event in the history of the world. Without it no modern economy is possible.

Great point, but I'm not sure if you could classify that as an "event" and if it would otherwise be summed up as a part of trade evolution...

Either way, I hadn't thought about that, but its 100% on

Now, with that said, back to Sir. Isaac Newton

[Mulletsoldier]

Invention of the Guttenburg Press
Invention of the Plow

[kwyckemynd00]

Ahhhh, yes! The Guttenberg Press!

This essentially allowed technology and culture to boom at a radical rate. Great post! I think I've been outdone. Without that printing press Newton probably would not have been able to exercise his genious in a way that revolutionized the world.

[Mulletsoldier]

Exactly, I think it is the most important event, at least Sociologically as it marked the increasing movement from rurality to urbanized collective. And, as you stated was really the first "technological" advancement that literally changed the way the world operated.

Plow the same, the invention of the steam engine is often noted as the event that spurred the industrial revolution, but IMO it was the plow that preceeded it in this motion. It marked the ability of one farmer to do what 10 farmers would have done.

They both significantly altered the manner in which we as humans collected and interacted with eachother.

[rampage jackson]

When language was developed.

[Mulletsoldier]

Originally Posted by rampage jackson

When language was developed.

That is good, but I don't think can be neccessarily quantified into one "event" so to speak.

[Jayhawkk]

When gunpowder was invented.

[Beau]

Good Friday; the day Jesus Christ was crucified and put to death.