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Old 12-08-2004, 12:08 PM   #14 (permalink)
ScottKuma
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I think the creation of the printing press would be one of the greatest events in history.

This single event made book-making, printing, and the likes much more economical, both in time & monetary terms, thus making knowledge more easily accessible to the masses.

I am speculating somewhat, but I think that history will record the dawn of the Internet as a particularly great event for much the same reason.

For DISCRETE events, I might pose the following (and note that I'm using the judgement-neutral definition of GREAT...as in large, most significant, etc.):

* Assassination of the Arch-Duke Ferdinand
* Dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

and, because I'm unabashedly American:

* Creation & Signing of the United States Constitution


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