What are the top ten moments in history?

Question:Could someone please give me the all time greatest moments in history. If you have more than 10 it's ok. They could be anywhere from 10,000 B.C. to now. Thanks!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Could someone please give me the all time greatest moments in history. If you have more than 10 it's ok. They could be anywhere from 10,000 B.C. to now. Thanks!

1- The Big Bang
2- Alexander the Great spreading Hellenism
3 - Birth of Vedic religions
4- Fall of Western Rome and beginnings of Christianity
5- Birth of Islam
6 - The Battle of Manzikert
7- Columbus goes to the New World
8- Fall of the Aztec Empire
9- The American Revolutionary War
10 - Atlantic Revolutions (revolutionary wars in Haiti, Latin America, France etc)
11 - World Wars

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2 - Greece philosophies
Roman Empeer
4 - End of Romans empeer
5 medioevo from 800 to 100
5 1100 AC : born of Giotto and figurative Arts
6 1200 Born of Dante's Italian and latin's below
7 Revolution Francese
8 ! Mondial war
9 Second MW
10 NOW! GP II, and Berlin Wall foll off
10.01 11/9...
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Top ten moments for what? Cultural achievements? Military glory? Political organization?
Certainly the invention of agriculture, which is generally credited to women, was a monumental break with the past. So was the invention of irrigation in Egypt and the Middle East. The invention of writing was very important. as was the development of urban life. With this came the division of labor and class systems. Monarchies developed empires. Trading networks expanded from Britain to India. Metallurgy developed copper, then bronze, then iron tools. The invention of the wheel coupled with the taming of horses enabled the invention of the chariot, the ancient version of the tank,.
And of course, the development of mathematics, without which we would still be wondering what time it is.

Things that affected the world profoundly... This is difficult, and Eurocentrism will probably make the list only represent things that affected Europe and America (like the first response). Here is what I could think of:
1. Atomic bomb dropping on Hiroshima, Japan (August 6, 1945) - This ended WWII, it started the Cold War, and more importantly it signified the beginning of the arms race, which we can never take away.
2. I don't know what year it is exactly, but the Torah/Old Testament is a highly influential part of history. It serves as the basis for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (hence also serving as the basis for European and Islamic societies). It also marks the reason why the Jews believe that Israel belongs to them, which relates to many modern issues in the Middle East.
3. Isolationism in China and Japan kept Europe from meddling too much in Asian affairs for many years and allowed these nations to develop their own cultures and ways of operating. Some of their core values are cited as the reason that Japan has been able to rise from WWII devastation and China is rising now as an economic power. Perhaps without the periods of Isolationism, they would have been too heavily influenced by Europe and lost their cultural identity before they were able to use it to their benefit...

Well, it's not World History, but it's American history:

http://xkcd.com/204/

1) Rise of the Sargonic Empire of the Akkadians: 2350-2230 BCE and the agglutination and amalgamation of the Sumerian 'autarchies' into a single stratocracy.

2) Autonomy of the Third Dynasty of Ur: 2047-1940 BCE: Dilapidation of the greater empire; fratricide; suzerainty established by Sumerian 'autarchies' in which hegemony is intermittent and forms a valetudinarian state. Fall to the Kassites, Amorites, Hurranians.

3) Subjugation of Anatolia of the Lydian Monarchy at Thymbra: 546 BCE: Atyadae Dynasty: before 1229 BCE, Heraclidae Dynasty: 1229-724 BCE, Mermnadae Dynasty: 724-554 BCE; Medio-Achaemenid suzerainty over Anatolia, Medians, Chaldaeans, Thrace; thalassocracy in the Propontic and Euxine Seas, etc. Spread of Monolatrism and Kathenotheism.

4) Peloponnesian War: Archidamian War: 431-421 BCE, 421-404 BCE; Poliorcetics of Syracuse ( the use of circumvallation and contravallation: 429-425 BCE, 415-413 BCE) Change of the Delian League to the Athenian Empire; suzerainty over the Dodecanese of the Eteokarpathioi (archipelago), Propontic States of Selymbria, Perinthus and Byzantium, Lydia, Lycia, Mysia, Caria, Ionia and Hellespontine Phrygia.

5) Theban hegemony of Epaminondas from 371-362 BCE, expansion to Thessaly, head of the Boeotian Synhedrion; formation of symmachias with dependancies.

6) Wars of the Diadochoi/Epigonoi from 322-320, 319-315, 314-311 and 308-281 BCE of the battles of Paraitacene, Gabiene, Gaza, Salamis, Rhodes, Ipsus and Corupedium. Formation of the Antigonid, Antipatrid, Seleucidae, Ptolemaic, Attalid Pergamene Kingdom, Chremonidean League.

7) Reign of Antiochus II Theos; autonomy of Bithynia, Cappadocia, Pontus (Hosue of Cius), Paphlagonia, Sophene, Commagene, Mygdania, Atropatene, Adiabene, Gordyene, Andragorid satrapy, Graeco-Bactria and the Indo-Greek Despotate: (250 BCE= the revolts)

8) Antiochus III Eupator's anabasis and katabasis: 212-205 BCE, subjugation of Parthia (Arsacid Dynasty) and Graeco-Bactria: Diodotid: 250-230 BCE, Euthydemid: 230-170 BCE and Eucratid: 170-125 BCE Dynasties), treaty with Sophagasenus of the Indians.

9) Antiochus III Eupator's wars with Rome, Achaean League, and the Attalid Pergamene Kingdom under Eumenes I Soter: Thermopylae: 191 BCE, Eurymedon: 190 BCE, Myonessus: 191 BCE and Magnesia-at-Siphylos: 190 BCE. Loss of Seleucidae suzerainty west of the Taurus Mountains: Promulgation of Apamea: 188 BCE

10) Macedonian Wars: Philip V: Cynoscephalae: 197 BCE, Perseus: Pydna: 168 BCE. Diaeus, Critolaus, Damocritus and Andriscus: 149-148 BCE= confederation of Macedonia: Pella, Pelagonia, Thessalonica and Amphipolis.

11) Pyrrhus of Epirus' : (319-272 BCE) invasian of Italy for the aid of the Tarentines: 280-275 BCE: Battles of Heraclea: 280 BCE, Ausculum: 279 BCE, Lilybaeum: 278 BCE and Beneventum: 275 BCE. Outcome= loss of Tarentine, Samnite, Brutti, Calbrian or Magna Graecia autonomy.