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Exalted Inquellian State wrote:

Torisakia wrote:Hasn't happened yet. The most important event in world history will be when the Earth heats up due to the runaway greenhouse effect and causes all life on it to be extinct, which will happen in about 4 billion years.

So, 4,000,002,020 CE. I think that's an election year too.

All life on Earth will go extinct in 2.8 to 3.5 Billion years. All multicellular is generally expected to die in between 800 Million and 1 Billion, with a high estimate of 1.3 Billion. The one that has happened so far is likely Gavrilo Princip Killing Franz Ferdinand, starting WW1 and most of the 20th and 21st century events.

World War I is not a bad choice.

Exalted Inquellian State wrote:

Nousa wrote:
The collapse of Moscow would've resulted in the collapse of Leningrad, ensuring the fall of the USSR in 1942. From there, the Anglo-Americans would sign a stalemate peace and then you get a Cold War.

Germany would loose the cold war unless Goering, Heydrich, or another pragmatic ruler became leader. It was unsustainable overall, and it would be a miracle to live to 1980 for the Reich. They could have won a world war three however, and either forced America into isolation, kept it a democracy but under the Reichs watch and as an ally so it wouldn't be a thread, a fascist nation, a puppet, RK's, or a mix of the above.

It would be a miracle for a Cold War to even happen, let alone Germany living into the 1960's.

The most likely outcome for a German victory in WW2 is a nuclear war, ICBMs or otherwise (cough Amerikabombers) between the USA and the GGR.

The Battle of Salamis.

Greece gets conquered, Western culture as we know it never really comes into fruition. Rome most likely grows, but probably looks more Persian than Greek. Other than that I can't really imagine much else because the further back you go the wackier(read: less recognizable) alternate timelines become.

Torisakia wrote:
So, 4,000,002,020 CE. I think that's an election year too.

The immortal cyborg Soros is paying the left-wing media to tell people that the sun has turned into a red giant and swallowed up Mercury and Venus. FAKE NEWS!

Page wrote:

Torisakia wrote:
So, 4,000,002,020 CE. I think that's an election year too.

The immortal cyborg Soros is paying the left-wing media to tell people that the sun has turned into a red giant and swallowed up Mercury and Venus. FAKE NEWS!

Going into the Quotes Thread for being rad.

Not the most important, but definitely up there, in terms of human history, the Conquest of Constantinople in 1453.

Page wrote:

Torisakia wrote:
So, 4,000,002,020 CE. I think that's an election year too.

The immortal cyborg Soros is paying the left-wing media to tell people that the sun has turned into a red giant and swallowed up Mercury and Venus. FAKE NEWS!

To be fair, it would be. The suns not gonna be a red giant until 5,400,000,000 AD or so.

The day I was born

i will say the birth of philosophy in ancient greece.

I would define the most important event as the guttenberg press invention.

Ok hear me out, but this election. First , whoever becomes president will decide how the earth will be impacted by global warming and if disaster can be avoided, and other things that could happen..

Every single historical event that all of you guys listed wouldn't happen without the Big Bang, so that means the Big Bang is obviously the most important historical event.

Witiland wrote:Ok hear me out, but this election. First , whoever becomes president will decide how the earth will be impacted by global warming and if disaster can be avoided, and other things that could happen..

I'll strongly disagree with that.

Sanghyeok wrote:

Witiland wrote:Ok hear me out, but this election. First , whoever becomes president will decide how the earth will be impacted by global warming and if disaster can be avoided, and other things that could happen..

I'll strongly disagree with that.

Yeah, even if the president cared they wouldn't be able to singlehandedly stop climate change.

Alcala-Cordel wrote:

Sanghyeok wrote:
I'll strongly disagree with that.

Yeah, even if the president cared they wouldn't be able to singlehandedly stop climate change.

Hm I guess so then again who thought the 1933 election would be so important ...

I'm going to assume human history when you say "world history". One of the most important events to me would be the invention (and adopting) the usage of fridges/refrigerators.

Sure, these things were pretty darn pollutive when they first came out, and newer models are making sure that they are using less pollutive substitutes, or less energy use, but you can't deny that it has definitely allowed us to put our fresh foods in a safe environment, and we don't have to rely on a constant supply of ice to store them in an ice box. And since some of the nastier diseases happen because of rotten food, or because of bacteria accumulation over time, fridges slowed/stopped this from happening before we even cook it. Also can apply to medicine which needs to be kept cool.

I am personally finding it a bit difficult to put in precise words, but let's just say that the better part of the world are eating (and storing) better because of refrigeration.

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To another extent, the invention of a pencil. It might not be as elegant as fountain pens, or ballpoint pens, or any other writing devices, but pencils are definitely the most reliable - you can drop it, keep it in your pencil case when you were 6 y/o, only to find the pencil again when you are 40, and that pencil would still write pretty damn well despite being 30+ years old.

Very easily accessible.

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Books too. Like just the invention of books. No more need to lug around scrolls, and it's so damn compact.

There are quite a few, but the Haitian revolution stands out as a big one for me.

wait wait wait, most important event is the discovery of agriculture ... and widespread farming

Witiland wrote:

Alcala-Cordel wrote:Yeah, even if the president cared they wouldn't be able to singlehandedly stop climate change.

Hm I guess so then again who thought the 1933 election would be so important ...

The 1933 election wouldn't have been so important if neither of the candidates planned to do much about the Depression.

Alcala-Cordel wrote:

Sanghyeok wrote:
I'll strongly disagree with that.

Yeah, even if the president cared they wouldn't be able to singlehandedly stop climate change.

As if either party in the US actually cares that much when both are funded by the very companies that cause climate change. Maybe progressive Democrats care, but they can't help the centrist and neoliberal mainstream. But anyways I digress, that doesn't belong here so I'll get back on topic.

The creation of NationStates.

The invention of written language in Mesopotamia. Without it, innovation, culture, and progress would've died and/or stalled since we can't build upon existing knowledge

When ball-bearings where invented.

Yes, no modern world without them.
Read https://www.jesa.com/blog/en/2012/07/11 ... -bearings/

The advent of memes.

The development of agriculture, alright that predates history.

Probably the discovery of the “New World” by the Europeans and subsequent colonization then. Changed not only the make up of that part of the world but propelled the European nations from being mid tier powers in the edge of the world to the dominant nations on earth, arguably.