# "Greatest Events in History" Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 18, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970 "2015-02-18T02:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970/61 "2015-03-12T23:31:22Z")
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970/62 "2015-03-16T17:35:37Z")
Round 5 is over! First, the losers: 1. Domestication of Animals 2. Egyptian Empires 3. Rise of Persian Empire 4. Death of Caesar 5. Development of Arabic Numerals 6. Great Schism Begins (ends 1417) 7. Renaissance in Italy 8. Invention of Vaccination 9. Implementation of Modern Sanitation 10. Nuclear Weapons This is the round where I really wish this game had more participants… over 1/2 of the above selections were a result of a tie in the voting, leading me to use a random number generator to pick the winner, which pretty much defeats the purpose. Fortunately, we got lucky on some of these - it’d be sad to say that the death of Caesar is more important than the expansion of the Empire that made him famous. :o I disagree with the Italian Renaissance being voted out before some of the others still on the list… but then, that was a selection of the random generator. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970/63 "2015-03-16T17:36:51Z")
Round 6 selections… 1. _Pre-History, Pre 3500 BCE_ Invention of Agriculture Invention of Alphabet Discovery (and control) of fire Invention of Language Invention of Metallurgy 2. _Bronze and Iron Ages, 3500 BCE-1000 BCE_ Hammurabi’s Code Founding of Ur (first city) Sumerian Cuniform Alphabetic Writing Invented First use of Papyrus 3. _Early Classical Antiquity, 1000 BCE - 200 BCE_ Democracy established in Athens Alexander the Great conquers the known world Greek Philosophy and Mathematics at peak Battle of Marathon Invention of number “0” and Binary Systems 4. _Late Classical Antiquity, 200 BCE - 476 AD_ Expansion of Roman Empire (Punic Wars, expansion into Gaul, etc) Augustinian Empire Life of Jesus Christianity becomes official religion of Rome Collapse of Rome 5. _Early Middle Ages, 477 AD - 1250 AD_ Vision of Mohammed and the Rise of Islam Battle of Hastings Crusades Magna Carta Genghis Khan conquers much of Asia 6. _Late Middle Ages, 1251 AD - 1453 AD_ Ottoman Empire Founded Hundred Years War Begins Black Death Begins Prince Henry the Navigator Invention of Printing Press 7. _Early Modern Era, 1454 AD - 1648 AD_ Columbus “Discovers” America Protestant Reformation Copernican Revolution Establishment of Dutch-East India company (First global corporation) Elizabethan Age in England 8. _Middle Modern Era, 1649 AD - 1788 AD_ Scientific Revolution The Enlightenment Rapid development of mathematics Start of Industrial Revolution Founding of the US 9. _19th Century, 1789 AD - 1900 AD_ Development of Motorized Mass Transportation (Trains, Ships) End of Slavery Beginning of the Oil Age Germ Theory of Disease developed Electrification Begins 10. _20th Century and Beyond, 1901 AD - 2014 AD_ WW1 WW2 The Rise of Mass Culture Invention of the Computer/Internet Green Revolution ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970/64 "2015-03-16T17:42:08Z")
1. Invention of Metallurgy 2. First use of Papyrus 3. Battle of Marathon 4. Life of Jesus 5. Magna Carta 6. Prince Henry the Navigator 7. Columbus “Discovers” America 8. Rapid development of mathematics 9. Germ Theory of Disease developed 10. The Rise of Mass Culture ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970/65 "2015-03-16T18:15:05Z")
1. Invention of Alphabet 2. First use of Papyrus 3. Invention of number “0” and Binary Systems 4. Collapse of Rome 5. Magna Carta 6. Invention of Printing Press 7. Copernican Revolution 8. Scientific Revolution 9. Electrification Begins 10. Invention of the Computer/Internet ---
**Author:** ![The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Joker_and_the_Thief)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970/66 "2015-03-16T20:23:39Z")
[ol] [li]Invention of Alphabet[/li][li]Sumerian Cuniform[/li][li]Invention of number “0” and Binary Systems[/li][li]Collapse of Rome[/li][li]Crusades[/li][li] Hundred Years War Begins[/li][li] Copernican Revolution[/li][li] Rapid development of mathematics[/li][li] End of Slavery[/li][li] The Rise of Mass Culture[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970/67 "2015-03-20T17:40:02Z")
It’d be pretty stupid to, uh, score this thing without submitting my entry… 1. Invention of Metallurgy 2. Sumerian Cuniform 3. Battle of Marathon 4. Collapse of Rome 5. Battle of Hastings 6. Ottoman Empire Founded 7. Elizabethan Age in England 8. Founding of the US 9. Germ Theory of Disease 10. WW2 (!!) ---
**Author:** ![jepflast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@jepflast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jepflast)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970/68 "2015-04-12T04:22:37Z")
We still playin’ this? 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. Hammurabi’s Code 3. Alexander the Great conquers the known world 4. Life of Jesus 5. Crusades 6. Hundred Years War Begins 7. Elizabethan Age in England 8. Rapid development of mathematics 9. End of Slavery 10. WW1 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-events-in-history-game/712970.md?page=3)