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Title: Great moments in history
Post by: Pete on September 29, 2006, 20:43:27 PM
I didnt do history at school past the age of 12, I need to make a list of important stuff that happened:

1. The Big Bang
2. The death of the dinosaurs


..Thats how far I got. Any ideas?


Title: Great moments in history
Post by: Binary Shadow on September 29, 2006, 20:59:17 PM
loadsa wars, women got the vote, British empire rose and fell, loadsa stuff lol
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: Pete on September 29, 2006, 21:08:02 PM
Think bigger and snappier events.

3. That great big volcano that exploded somewhere a while back..
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: DEViANCE on September 29, 2006, 21:08:59 PM
Quote from: sdpThink bigger and snappier events.

3. That great big volcano that exploded somewhere a while back..
Pompeii?
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: Pete on September 29, 2006, 21:09:20 PM
Thats the one :D
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: DEViANCE on September 29, 2006, 21:13:57 PM
few more:

black death
spanish armada
Title: Great moments in history
Post by: knighty on September 29, 2006, 21:26:14 PM
first life on earth ?

moon landing ?

movement of continents ?
Title: Great moments in history
Post by: knighty on September 29, 2006, 21:27:12 PM
tansumi ? (or however you spell it)
Title: Great moments in history
Post by: Sam on September 29, 2006, 21:49:02 PM
Birth of Christ.
Partition of the Roman Empire
Title: Great moments in history
Post by: knighty on September 29, 2006, 21:53:19 PM
great wall of china ?


Im sure that encarter has a time-line thing with all the important stuff on it in order of date/time ?
Title: Great moments in history
Post by: Binary Shadow on September 29, 2006, 22:07:42 PM
berlin wall lol
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: Serious on September 29, 2006, 22:20:48 PM
Creation of galaxies, suns, planets? Life? multicellular organisims, first amphibians, mammals.
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: neXus on September 29, 2006, 22:32:35 PM
Knightys Birth!
Title: Great moments in history
Post by: maximusotter on September 29, 2006, 23:20:12 PM
The Pill, discovery of fire, iron, and nuclear energy. I got enough for an encyclopaedia. :lol:
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: knighty on September 29, 2006, 23:30:57 PM
Quote from: neXusKnightys Birth!

well of course, I just presumed that was the first thing he thought of ;)
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: Smugs on September 30, 2006, 00:04:45 AM
Discovery of Penicillin.
Title: Great moments in history
Post by: Sam on September 30, 2006, 06:45:59 AM
I heard they were changing the calendar to start at 25th sept 1982.
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: Pete on September 30, 2006, 13:24:09 PM
Will it be a national holiday? Will we get presents?
Title: Great moments in history
Post by: knighty on September 30, 2006, 14:04:49 PM
Quote from: SamI heard they were changing the calendar to start at 25th sept 1982.

1981 dumb ass !

:P
Title: Great moments in history
Post by: bear on September 30, 2006, 14:53:57 PM
5000 years of Middle Eastern history in 90 seconds


http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html
Title: Re:Great moments in history
Post by: Beaker on September 30, 2006, 14:55:59 PM
The evolution of complex language