Events that Wrote the History of the World
The world has not been the same as we know it today. Humanity has come a long way since the
Stone Ages, creating history over the sands of time. Great men, great deeds and great events –
the world has never fallen short of them. Change is what keeps man going. It is what never stops
us from making history!
The Birth of Christianity
Though of the widely followed religions in the
world, Christianity is quite a young religion
that had its roots in Jewish religion and
Paganism. The birth of Jesus Christ is a big
event in itself, because it changed the way we
measure the chronological timeline of the
world! The concept of Before Christ (BC) and
Anno Domini (AD) have helped up separate
the events that happened after the birth of Christ from the ones that happened before.
Christianity has inspired great works of literature and art. Various languages began to be scripted
by Christian missionaries themselves.
The Birth of Islam
One of the great religions of the world, Islam
spread overnight as Prophet Muhammad
made his historic journey from Mecca to
Medina. Most medieval civilizations flowered
in the light of Islam, as it led to numerous
milestones and achievements in the fields of
art and science. It acted as a bridge of
knowledge between the East and the West.
It gave the world a new message on peace, tolerance, equality and justice. However, it also gave
us The Crusades and Islamic territories spread over the world in a very short time. The birth of
international terrorist groups like Al-Qaida and several others is often suggested to have an
Islamic connection.
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Medical Revolution
The discovery of Penicillin as an antibiotic still
remains as one of the greatest of all medical
discoveries. It has cut down the human
mortality rate by large figures. Not just
health, but the discovery led to a series of
other discoveries which have impacted
human life. Then we have the discovery of
vaccination by Louis Pasteur, which again
changed the kind of life we enjoy today.
There was a time, when a small cut would have killed a man, or diseases like smallpox were
regarded as the ultimate form of divine punishment for the evil-doers. Without these discoveries,
the human race would perhaps have long gone into extinction!
Word War I
The world has always been a witness to wars
and bloodshed since the times when epics
were written. But the World War was the first
of its kind that involved so many nations on
such a vast scale with casualties of around
thirty seven million. And its repercussions
were irreparable. There were drastic changes
in the political, social and economic conditions across Europe, Asia and Africa and a lot of other
nations. The greatest impact was to turn Germany and United Kingdom into mass electoral
democracies, while other empires collapsed in the aftermath of the war. It also precipitated The
Russian revolution of 1917. However, there were several scientific advancements that took place
in the shadows of the war, like the discovery of the four-wheel drive and the hydrophone. Several
military advancements also took place in this period. There was a sudden drift in the field of art
as well.
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Word War II
The Second World War saw the greatest
amount of bloodshed and fury among
nations, which shook the entire globe. It
began with the dictatorship of Hitler and
Mussolini, and ended in the downfall of some
great nations and rise of new world powers.
The social structure changed to a great extent
and men and women began to enjoy equal
powers in social and economic arena.
The United Nations was founded, that have come a long way in keeping world peace. The
scientific developments made by the Nazis and the Americans created a new craze for rockets,
missiles, and nuclear power. The atomic bomb developed by the Americans was a major event
that has left its marks even on generations that came after the war. The weakening of the United
Kingdom played a major role in the Indian Independence. Russia’s position as a world power was
taken over by America.
Fall of the Berlin Wall (German Reunification)
The Berlin Wall, built by the German
Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1961,
was a symbol of the division between
Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc, the
division between communism and capitalism,
and the tyrannical rule of the Eastern Bloc.
The wall completely cut West Berlin from
entire Eastern Germany. After the Second
World War, Germany was occupied by the
Allies and the Soviet army. However, the
failing relations of the Soviet Union with the
other Allies ultimately resulted in the division
of Germany, and building of the Wall (also a
symbol of the 'Iron Curtain')
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The Apollo Mission
Commissioned by NASA, Apollo 11 was the
first ever vehicle that put man on the surface
of the Moon. Though people would normally
look at it as a scientific revolution, the impacts
of the success of this mission were far
greater. First of all, it made the world look at
space exploration from a closer and a
completely different perspective. It was no
more restricted by the observatory walls,
peeping through telescopes. A new race started among nations to engineer its own space
programme.
The Great Tsunami
Tsunamis are not very new to this world, and
they have always contributed to the shaping
of the territories on the Earth’s surface.
There have been mention of The Great
Flood, which is said to have cleansed the
world of all evil!. Of all tsunamis, the worst
that the world ever faced was the Indian
Ocean tsunami of 26th December, 2004.
It had originated near Indonesia, and had submerged quite a few islands from Indonesia, Sri Lanka
and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Indira Point no longer exists as the southernmost tip of
India. The amount of lives lost, which mostly included tourists and residents of coastal towns, is
by far larger than most other natural disasters the world has ever seen.
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September 11 Attacks (September 11, 2001)
The September 11 attacks were a series of
terrorist airline hijackings and attacks
launched on the United States of America.
Four planes were hijacked by terrorists, with
an intention of suicide attacks in New York
City and Washington, D.C. Two planes crashed
into the twin towers of the World Trade
Center, one into The Pentagon, while one,
intended at United States Capitol, crashed
into a field
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It was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the history of the United States. Along with
enormous destruction of property, around 3,000 people died in these attacks.
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