What are the 3 most significant historical world events?

Can you please briefly explain them and add why they are significant?

Thanks!What are the 3 most significant historical world events?
9/11

Berlin Wall is torn down

World War II
extinction of dinasaurs

World war I

World war IIWhat are the 3 most significant historical world events?
The English Civil War



The American Civil War



The French Civil War



These 3 civil wars are very significant for western history today.
First black president, 9/11 and hurricane katrina they impacted just about everyoneWhat are the 3 most significant historical world events?
The Renaissance:



Bringing back the ancient studies of the Greeks' Philosophy, the Romans' writings and learning about human nature. This took out the human society out of the dark ages.



The European Conquest:



Finding the Americas which is now the most powerful continent in the world.



World War II:



Helped us develop technology beyond our imaginations.
Neolithic revolution - beginning of true civilization.



Industrial Revolution - beginning of the modern world.



WW1 - changed everything.The world we live in today is very much a long term product of WW1.
man talk about a catastrophic failure of imagination on this thread. Hurricane Katrina, really?

I say:
The discovery of fire -- man's first, and most important discovery, the first time mankind started manipulating the laws of nature for his betterment

the agricultural revolution -- transitioned the human condition from hunter-gatherers to farmers. To put that in perspective, the hunter-gatherer era lasted about 100,000 years. We've had agriculture for about 10,000 years

the industrial revolution -- transitioned the human condition from farmers to the modern day.

everything else is just details
You might do well to narrow down exactly what it is you want to hear. In ancient Europe the three most important events I can think of would probably be:

1) Thermopylae. Greek forces numbering nearly eight thousand and commanded by Leonidas of Sparta with his three hundred bodyguards engage the might of the Persian Empire and its six hundred thousand soldiers. This was significant because the victory (sort of, the Greeks held off the Persians at Thermopylae pass [The Hot Gates in Greek] for five days before being outflanked by a Greek traitor name Epilates) and the heroics shown by the eight thousand forced all of Greece to unite under the Peloponnesian League against Persia eventually leading to the actual victories at Salamis nine months later and the final out-driving of Persian forces at the battle of Plataea. This outcome prevented the merging of eastern Persian and Western Greek culture and a significantly different modern world.

2) The rise of the Roman Republic/Empire. The Eagle's Empire has a special place in the heart of historians; Rome exhibited everything that a civil culture should have, a strong army, a strong government, and full civil liberties. Rome showed true mastery of all these things and has set the standard ever since. Rome conquered most of the known world, from Egypt to Hibernia (Ireland) nobody was free of the influence of Rome, it was Roman ingenuity that built the platform on which modern civilisation now rests. The complexity and controversial nature of Roman history and politics make it hard to interpret but worthwhile none the less. It is now known that Rome's history is so intertwined with our own that understanding Rome is a crucial part of seeing and understanding modern politics and civilisation as a whole.

3) The feudal system. After the five hundred year period after the fall of Rome came a system of government that shaped the entire medieval era and wasn't entirely abolished until the Russian revolution against Tsar Nicholas II in 1917. The significance of the Feudal system is how it shaped our outlook on the world today. Nothing beautiful looks good unless there is something ugly to compare it too; feudal Europe is that ugly comparison. At the dawn of the 11th century Europe was emerging from six hundred years of writhing in its own filth throughout the dark ages, the church of Rome (Christianity was actually part of the downfall of Rome, a sickening paradox that they then sullied the name of Rome) had worked its insidious tentacles into every aspect of peasant life and directed the world in a monarchy as totalitarian as the late Soviet Union. Near the end of the sixteenth century everybody was ready for a change, the age of enlightenment was prominent and suddenly everybody was cutting off the heads of their kings. Had the Feudal system never come to power, modern peoples would likely not appreciate how great western civilisation has become.



If you would like me to do one on another time period, or elaborate on a point I have made, just ask.
It depends, what you define as an event.



The Industrial Revolution for example is a period, not an event. There were significant events that fall within the Industrial Revolution, but the Industrial Revolution itself is a loose timeline, not an event.



It is hard to identify just 3 significant events throughout human history. But here are a few



Within the modern era (past 150 years), the 3 I would consider are:-

1. Unification of Germany, since a unified Germany was the primary cause of WW1 and WW2

2. Bolshevik Revolution, formed the world's first communist state

3. 1911 Revolution, ended China's 2000 year long imperial dynasties



These events greatly shaped the 20th century because it dealt with the political formation of 3 nations - Germany, USSR, Republic of China / China PR - that had a huge impact on the modern era. The Meiji Restoration in Japan would be another I'd consider.



From the 1500s to 1800s I would rate these:-

1. American War of Independence

2. Magellan's circumnavigation around the world

3. Cortes' conquest of the Aztec Empire



I would consider the French Revolution as a period, as there were some different phases in that which were just classified as within that time frame (for example the abolishment of the absolute monarchy to the formation of the Consulate by Napoleon - both can be considered as separate events)



Prior to the 1500s it just gets too hard to identify, since going back this far many important events start to influence other important events in the long-run, and so the original important events would no longer be considered important today. Just like how the unification of Germany, Bolshevik Revolution and 1911 Revolution may not be seen as significant events in 100-200 years time



But some to consider are:-

- Norman conquest of England

- Unification of imperial China under Emperor Shi Huangdi

- Formation of imperial Rome

- Birth of Mohammed

- Fall of Constantinople

- Unification of Spain



Others such as the 100 Years' War and the Renaissance were significant periods that changed the course of history