Five Most Important Events/Occurrences in History...

[Psi Wavefunction]

1. Big Bang
2. Earth
3. Abiogenesis
4. Glycobacterial revolution*
5. Neomuran revolution*

* eg. Cavalier-Smith 2006 Phil Trans R Soc B

[Clinton Huxley]

The 5 most important historical events are, without question, the following:-

Battle of Crecy (1346)
Battle of Agincourt (1415)
Battle of Blenheim (1704)
Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Battle of Waterloo (1815)

The rest is mere fluff in the balance of time.

[Rum]

Realistically?

The day you were born
The day you first had sex
The day your child(ren) were born
The day a parent dies
The day *you* die.

[FBM]

Wot? Rome beat Carthage?! Crap. I had 20 on Carthage.


All seriousness aside:

The Buddha's awakening.
The crucifiction (hee hee) of Jeebus
The discovery of antibiotics
The invention of gunpowder
Mohammed's pile of shit 'prophecy'

[Loki_999]

1. The big bang.

2. Abiogenesis on earth.

3. The mitochondrial merger.

4. The emergence of photosynthesis.

5. The K-T asteroid impact.

These get my vote, although I would add my birth to the list as everyone should (that is their own birth, not mine specifically, i'm not that important to everyone else... yet!).

[Animavore]

Will I be nationalistic and say The 1916 Rising.




No. Screw nationalism. I'm gonna say:

Marathon becomes Snickers.
Sliced bread is invented.
Jenna Jameson is thought a lesson.
Man stands on rake.
Pencils have rubbers put on them.

[Trolldor]

Monkey kills other monkey, roots roots females.

Monkeys become apeish.

Ape kills other ape, roots females.

Ape becomes humanish.

Humanoid kills other humanoid, roots females.

[klr]

Monkey kills other monkey, roots roots females.

Monkeys become apeish.

Ape kills other ape, roots females.

Ape becomes humanish.

Humanoid kills other humanoid, roots females.

Ape uses bone to kill other ape ... cue the music.

[Coito ergo sum]

So when does history start?

With the development of the written word.

[Coito ergo sum]

So the end of the last ice-age heralding a time of greater primary production and leading to the devlopment of agrarian civilisation - historic event or not?

Not.

It's a prehistoric event.

[Coito ergo sum]

The 5 most important historical events are, without question, the following:-

Battle of Crecy (1346)
Battle of Agincourt (1415)
Battle of Blenheim (1704)
Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Battle of Waterloo (1815)

The rest is mere fluff in the balance of time.

Good ones!

[macdoc]

With the development of the written word.

I disagree, oral traditions are just as valid...and many histories are simply codified versions of that anyway...

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nellikin wrote:
So the end of the last ice-age heralding a time of greater primary production and leading to the devlopment of agrarian civilisation - historic event or not?

marginal - right in the grey area if cultures like the Inuit survive.

[Coito ergo sum]

I disagree, oral traditions are just as valid...and many histories are simply codified versions of that anyway...

Prehistoric events are not invalid. They're just prehistoric.

[Trolldor]

You failed to differentiate between Academic "History" and colloquial 'history'. It can refer either to the specifics of recorded history, or the aggregate of all past events.
The light's light is light.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

History started once I was old enough to observe the world around me - all else is conjecture.