Who,in historical terms has made the biggest contribution to the human race?

Question: Who,in historical terms has made the biggest contribution to the human race!?
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Sir Alexander Fleming!. This guy discovered penicillen, and as a result of this has indirectly saved the lives of countless millions worldwide, regardless of ethnic or religious backgrounds!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Beatles are the most culturally recognized group in human history!. That's what John Lennon meant when he said that they were more popular than Jesus or Buddha!.

Princess Diana was also phenomenally popular!.

These two icons were only popular because they arrived in the age of TV and mass communication!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mesopotamian civilization :
1- the Sumerian contributions :
a- the invention of the cuneiform writing system 3200 B!.C!. the first writing system !.
b- well developed irrigation system that change the Marshes in the south of Iraq into Paradises ( Paradise of Eden )
c- the first law code of the Sumerian king Ur-Nammu ca!. 2112-2095 BC and the most famous one of the Babylonian king Hammurabi ca!. 1795 – 1750 BC!.
d- The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction over 2000 B!.C!.
e- wheel invention 5000 B!.C!. which is the basis of many machines that contribute in the human civilization progress !.
f- the ancient music instruments all over the world since the Sumerian period !.
2- Babylonian contributions :
a- Pythagorean theorem, a theorem in geometry that states that in a right-angled triangle the square of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle), c, is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, b and a—that is, a2 + b2 = c2!.
While the theorem that now bears his name was known and previously utilized by the Babylonians and Indians , as a clay tablet found near Baghdad related to Ashnuna period and was belonging to a student in an Babylonian schools !.
b- Babylonian Battery which was before Volta Battery !.
c- a great Chaldean astronomer called ( Kidinnu ) 4th century BC!. , who said that the moon turning in 29 days , 12 hours , 44 minutes , 3 seconds and 3/10 of a second by using simple instruments , while the new computerized instruments said that it is 29 days , 12 hours , 44 minutes , 2 seconds and 8/10 of a second , so his mistake is less than a second , the Babylonian ( Chaldean ) discover the calender used nowadays by Hebrew , but the Babylonian year begins in the 1st of April ( Akito ) and as they were who invent the horoscopes , so they begin from Aries ( April ) !.
3- Assyrian contributions :
a- the most ancient Library in the world of the Assyrian king Ashurnbanipal 685 – ca!. 627 BC, reigned 669 – ca!. 631 BC in Nineveh
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I have to say Gandhi and Martin Luther King

The past U!.S!. presidents are certainly paving their way with what they are doing in the world in which we live: helping families in need of a home - Carter; teaching the world about being green - no, not Kermit, Gore; and the idea of giving - Clinton!.

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Ghengis Khan!

Talk about plunder, pillage and rape! It's a fact that more than one tenth of the Earth's population is descended from him!? Nobody else has had such a massive "contribution" to the human race!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Chinese - they equal about one quarter of the total human pop of planet Earth!.

The Chinese will populate Mars!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That is impossible to say!. There have been so many different cultures within the human race, which did not know each other!.!.!.!.
I'd think it would be the person who invented the wheel or made fire!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Elizabeth the first set up the worlds first international spy network to advance Britain's world powerWww@QuestionHome@Com

Oh yeah I got this one! Pink Floyd!!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Now you know that man was on some damn good drugs! Nobody could describe me better than him!.!.!.!.!.!.!.hehehehehe!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Henry VIIIWww@QuestionHome@Com