# Historical game changers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-game-changers/471740>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 7, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-game-changers/471740 "2008-11-07T23:27:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![New\_Beginning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@New\_Beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Beginning)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-game-changers/471740/21 "2008-11-10T15:49:03Z")

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> [@Indistinguishable](#):
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> Division of labor  
> Government  
> Monotheism  
> Democracy  
> European colonialism

Great list. What about large scale adoptions of other forms of social organization?

> [@Indistinguishable](#):
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> Election of Barack Obama (Whoooo! Yeeeeeaaaaaah!)

Here’s hoping.

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