A few days ago
poptart

Name 3 major events that happened in the past that shaped the future?

and explain why

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A few days ago
Adios

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1. The invention of the wheel – probably the most important mechanical invention of all time – By the Mesopotamians in c3500 BC.

2. The invention of electicity – “enlighted” our world in so many ways, i.e. lead to more and more sophisticated technology. From the Electricity Forum on the Web:

“The Invention Of Electricity can be seen as far back as 600 B.C. in the writings of Thales of Miletus when it appears that Westerners knew back then that amber becomes charged by rubbing. There was little real progress in the Invention Of Electricity until the English scientist William Gilbert in 1600 described the electrification of many substances and coined the term electricity from the Greek word for amber. As a result, Gilbert is called the father of modern electricity. In 1660 Otto von Guericke invented a crude machine for producing static electricity. It was a ball of sulfur, rotated by a crank with one hand and rubbed with the other. Successors, such as Francis Hauksbee, made improvements that provided experimenters with a ready source of static electricity. Today’s highly developed descendant of these early machines is the Van de Graaf generator, which is sometimes used as a particle accelerator. Robert Boyle realized that attraction and repulsion were mutual and that electric force was transmitted through a vacuum. Stephen Gray distinguished between conductors and nonconductors. C. F. Du Fay recognized two kinds of electricity, which Benjamin Franklin and Ebenezer Kinnersley of Philadelphia later named positive and negative.”

3. The invention of penicillin, the “miracle drug” that saved so many lives.

From the Web:

“The History of Penicillin

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Alexander Fleming, John Sheehan, Andrew J Moyer

Penicillin is one of the earliest discovered and widely used antibiotic agents, derived from the Penicillium mold. Antibiotics are natural substances that are released by bacteria and fungi into the their environment, as a means of inhibiting other organisms – it is chemical warfare on a microscopic scale.”

I’m sure there are other events/inventions that have occurred, but these are 3 significant ones that came to me almost immediately.

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A few days ago
bikinybandit
Ok, I will give this a shot.

1. When the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk.

Explanation: It would eventually, make the world alot smaller place.

2. When Henry Ford, invented the automobile.

Explanation: It would eventually, force the retirement of the

horse and buggy. (Unless you are amish)

3. The invention of the atomic bomb.

Explanation: It caused mankind to leave his infancy. He now

knew how to kill, on a massive scale, and not

even see the faces of his enemy.

Well, there are three off of the top of my head. I can come up with many more, but these three did change the future. Peace!

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A few days ago
AgentI
1. When Christianity was founded.

2. When Islam was founded.

3. When Judaism was founded.

These all very much affected the whole world. They spread different beliefs. They are also one of the main reasons of conflict in the world. For example, Hitler wanted to wipe out the Jewish population and also right now there is some conflict going on with the different types of Muslims.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War 2
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A few days ago
Trav S
Trick Question

You asked what 3 events from the past shaped the future. Who knows.

If you were to ask what 3 events from the past shaped the PRESENT I would say civil war, WW2, and holocaust

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A few days ago
Lonnie C
The Civil War destroyed The South and allowed more Jewish control of America

World War I destroyed France, Germany, and Russia. Destroyed The Russian and German Dynasty. Destroyed The Ottoman Empire.

World World II completely obliterated Germany. Seriously weakened England, France Italy and Russia. The countries were once again softened up with another Jewish financed war. Those countries have never recovered. The purpose of the wars was to destroy the Kingdoms, because the Jews can’t control Kings and Queens like they can’t elected governments. The Queen of England is just a figure head she had not politicial power. She was allowed to remain just for show. After World War I the Communist Jews were allowed freedom to murder the Russians at will. After World War II they gained control of the rest of Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, and 2/3 of Germany.

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4 years ago
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A horse eats 5 circumstances as much as a human, and does 5 circumstances the artwork. provided that adult males are smarter than horses, slavery made experience. the pony collar advance into invented approximately 1500 years in the past in China, and fairly immediately moved international. With a horse collar, a horse eats 5 circumstances as much as a human and does 10 circumstances the artwork. the pony collar ultimately ended slavery, because of the fact it advance into extra low-priced to apply horses than slaves. transportable clay variety advance into invented in 1041 in China by Bi Sheng. That advance into the 1st step in mass communications and right this moment’s concepts economic equipment. Joseph Glidden invented barbed twine in 1872. It made it useful to fence the west, ending “the tragedy of the commons.” the top result advance into much less costly nutrients. A people who struggles to feed itself is going to be violent and hateful.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
world war II- shifted power in the world and showed why americans were the most powerful country

sept 11- caused world chaos and has affected the whole world on how they perceive muslims

crucifiction of jesus- affected the worl in the state of religion

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A few days ago
Experto Credo
certainly World Wars I and II, as it changed the face of Europe and the World.

The Black Death was another, wiping out 25% of the WORLD population at the time

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A few days ago
Anonymous
the holocaust, civil rights movements & both world wars
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