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The 50 Key Dates Of World History
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:03 pm
This list was compiled by English historian Richard Overy. It was written for the Times of London, but you have to sign up for a subscription to see it on their website.
Anyway, pretty interesting list for you history buffs.
the rest of the list can be found here on some librarian's website; she nicked the article from the Times of London
Anyway, pretty interesting list for you history buffs.
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1 c.3500 BC Invention of the wheel and plough in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq); invention of the sail in Egypt: three fundamental inventions for trade, agriculture and exploration.
2 c.3200 BC Invention of writing in Mesopotamia: the means to record and understand human history.
3 c.3000 BC Founding of the first cities in Sumeria (present-day Iraq): origin of modern social and administrative structures.
4 c.1600 BC Modern alphabet invented: the essential means of communication of complex concepts and culture.
5 c.1600 BC Beginning of Greek civilisation: essential to Western heritage and the root of mathematics, philosophy, political thinking and medicine.
6 753 BC Foundation of Rome: the Roman Empire is a pillar of the modern age, producing ideas on justice, law, engineering and warfare.
7 c.670 BC Invention of ironworking: metallurgy is the key to further technical, economic and military developments.
the rest of the list can be found here on some librarian's website; she nicked the article from the Times of London
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Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:07 pm to L.A.
Uhh I don’t see my birthday. List is shite
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:07 pm to SidetrackSilvera
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:12 pm to L.A.
51 - 11/8/2016: MAGA
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:13 pm to L.A.
It's always amazing how slow they developed. Writing is invented. Then the alphabet is invented 1600 years later.
We traveled to the moon less than 100 years after the automobile was invented.
We traveled to the moon less than 100 years after the automobile was invented.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:20 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
And by 2021 we will have discovered over 3,000 genders
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:21 pm to SabiDojo
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And by 2021 we will have discovered over 3,000 genders
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:22 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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We traveled to the moon less than 100 years after the automobile was invented.
And haven't been back in over 40 years.
But we sure love low orbit space travel.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:24 pm to L.A.
I'd agree with about 40 of them.
Certain leftist editorializing is noted:
"1917 Russian Revolution creates the first successful, long-term revolutionary state." when discussing a USSR that has passed into history, ignoring the fact that the 1776 American revolution did so and formed a revolutionary state that continues to this day.
As are certain glaring omissions:
The Exodus and giving of Old Testament law.
Battle of Hattin in 1187.
The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
Certain leftist editorializing is noted:
"1917 Russian Revolution creates the first successful, long-term revolutionary state." when discussing a USSR that has passed into history, ignoring the fact that the 1776 American revolution did so and formed a revolutionary state that continues to this day.
As are certain glaring omissions:
The Exodus and giving of Old Testament law.
Battle of Hattin in 1187.
The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:32 pm to L.A.
Where are all the important historical Kangs in Africa who transformed human history?
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:34 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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We traveled to the moon less than 100 years after the automobile was invented.
And haven't been back in over 40 years.
We found something there that scares the shite out of those who knew
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:38 pm to L.A.
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Anyway, pretty interesting list for you history buffs
Civilization IV players already have those most of those key dates memorized, in sequence.
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 5:39 pm
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:40 pm to Boatshoes
The Iranian revolution is the most important geopolitical event since the end of WWII and should be on the list.
Birth control and the computer chip are both severely underrated in the history of the human race.
Birth control and the computer chip are both severely underrated in the history of the human race.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:41 pm to deltaland
That monolith still freaks me out.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 5:44 pm to KCT
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51 - 11/8/2016: MAGA
And as future historians will note, the beginning of the The Great 40 Year Progressive Melt.
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