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Most significant event of all history?

Birth of Edison.
I think all other advancements are pretty much evolutional.
Edison revolutionized the world.
 
Fall of the Roman empire.. I was actually thinking that before opening the thread. I think that if they didn't fall, quite a few countries would be different today.
 
I'm going to say the creation of the United States. Everything in the past 200 years would be different without America as a free nation and a world superpower.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: Dragnov
I'll go w/ the birth of Jesus.

And no, I'm not religious.
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Well that event didn't even happen to 50% of anandtech users.
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I don't doubt it happened, but I don't think he was the man the bible portrays him as.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: Dragnov
I'll go w/ the birth of Jesus.

And no, I'm not religious.
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Well that event didn't even happen to 50% of anandtech users.
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Well then, can I say.. the supposed birth of Jesus? 😉 Either way it was a significant "event". 😛

Anyways, correct me if I'm wrong here, I thought it was a generally accepted amongst historians that there was a Jesus. It's whether all the events and if he was the son of God or what not is disputed. Again, correct me if I'm wrong here.

Edit: And the fall of the Roman Empire can be attributed to Christianity, as well as can the creation of the U.S. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Dragnov
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: Dragnov
I'll go w/ the birth of Jesus.

And no, I'm not religious.
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Well that event didn't even happen to 50% of anandtech users.
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Well then, can I say.. the supposed birth of Jesus? 😉 Either way it was a significant "event". 😛

Anyways, correct me if I'm wrong here, I thought it was a generally accepted amongst historians that there was a Jesus. It's whether all the events and if he was the son of God or what not is disputed. Again, correct me if I'm wrong here.
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That's my understanding as well.
 
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
I'm going to say the creation of the United States. Everything in the past 200 years would be different without America as a free nation and a world superpower.
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200 years is a pretty tiny sliver of the "modern world". And for those that will argue that the Roman Empire was a tiny sliver of history, we dont really have that much recorded history. Probably like 99% of the history that we know is only 5000 years old or less.

And I havn't seen anyone named Jesus in any history books yet.
 
Aside from religious events...

1. penicillin
2. Integrated curcuit technology
3. steam engine
4. printing press
5. invention/discovery of Calculus
 
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