What is the most significant event to have effected mankind in the last 10,000 years?

Question

The single most significant event.

Answer 1

the birth of Jesus Christ. history before and after his birth are dated from his birth.

Answer 2

The discovery of a rotational wheat crop.

Without it, there would have been no villages, towns or cities.

No agrarian revolution and no industrial revolution.

Human societies would have remained nomadic and the mini metro would have had a slightly different gearstick.

Answer 3

Gutenburg's printing press

Answer 4

The dominant culture in the world today is the Western European with its emphasis on analytical thought, democracy, science and individualism. This culture has infected even the far eastern nations (China and Japan for instance).

Now, this habit of mind descends directly from the culture of ancient Athens. There is one moment in history when that culture was in danger of being not merely set back, but wiped out: the battle pf Salamis. If the Greeks had lost there, Athens could never have revived (as she in fact did).

No Plato. No Socrates. The idea of democracy still-born. No Aristotle; hence the concept of investigative science much delayed and perhaps never surfacing at all. No Aristarchus or Ptolemy.- so geography and stronomy set back for hundreds of years. Probably no Roman Empire - with the Persian Empire rampant, what chance would the Romans have of building a nation, let alone an empire? - so no spread of Christianity.

The shape of the whole modern world can be traced back to one naval engagement in the Persian wars.

Answer 5

the invention of gunpowder

Answer 6

The ability to make a nuclear bomb. This could be the thing that ends the world as we know it so I would say that it was quite significant.

Answer 7

The easing of the `Ice Age`.

Answer 8

I don't there is an "most" significant event. There are tons, the births of religions, atheism, industrial revolution, government, wars, death toll in a closed amount of time etc. There's lots. We can't choose one and decide to go with it, and lots of people have lots of different opinions. I think it''s safe to say that everything that's happened has effected mankind in the past 10,00 years.

Answer 9

The splitting of the atom. The birth of the nuclear age which is still in its infancy.

Answer 10

the industrial revolution

Answer 11

The things that have affected the highest percentage of people are probably the Black Death in the 14th Century, and the first World War.

Answer 12

MY BIRTH lol

oh and LUBE

Answer 13

The birth of Jesus Christ.  Besides the obvious, it changed the way we mark time.  BC  (Before Christ) AD  (Anno Domini).

Answer 14

The invention of the wheel

Answer 15

That moment is yet to come

Answer 16

Hey, I would say it was the invention of the wheel that effected mankind most, there is hardly an invention or event it the world that either relies on a kind of wheel. If it does not have a wheel as part of it i can bet you that a wheel was instrumental in its production or transportation. I hope this helps you :)