Who Has Had The Greatest Impact On History As A Whole?

[xtavie]

Well first off, I'd like to congratulate all you little kiddies on how far you have come. I remember when me and Prophet X were the only active posters in this section. Even before this section, when we only had general chat.

Well now that I'm done with that, the title is pretty much self-explanatory. Who in your opinion has had the greatest

impact/influence on history. This is not limited to individuals, it can be a group or culture (ie. Roman culture or Byzantine/Greek

Orthodox Church). Also, this doesn't have to a be a positive impact, it can be negative as well (ie. Hitler or Vlad Tepes).

[cyberbritt]

hello, well i think Hannibal Barca from Chartage

[kjanko]

For my country, that'd be the Otomans.
For the world: Adolf Hitler

[Ferguson]

I think Adolf Hitler would be the first to pop into peoples minds when
they are asked this question.

[skreem]

Santa.

[Dabboo]

Bill Gates gave us computers. :3

[Kyhe]

I think that would have to be Columbus for me. Let's face it, we'd all be better off if he hadn't found america.

[Ferguson]

Someone would eventually find it.

[Unlimited]

don't foget Ivan the Terrible. haha, we had a goot laugh. If it weren't for us, you wouldn't have the struggles ahead of a possible hot war. You wouldn't have the delema with us getting the Arctic pole before you do (after all, we already planted our flag). You wouldn't have a huge threatening enemy.... oh wait. Well, never mind then. We are still better than you, and that's what counts.

[Dabboo]

Anti-Virus protection, the reason viruses exists. :3

[xtavie]

I'm surprised no one has said the obvious. Jesus Christ... I mean literally Jesus Christ lol

[Unlimited]

Perhaps us others who have posted are not Christian then.

[xtavie]

Regardless of religion, name one other person who has led to such a following as great as he had and has today.

[Unlimited]

That is true. I'd argue it's more-so the 'icon' of such a man that people follow which influences so many millions of lives today.

[xtavie]

Icon or person, it's still undebatable that he, individually, had the greatest impact as history.

[expo]

Obama is still having a huge impact on history. Granted it isn't positive.

[xtavie]

In my opinion, in the grand scheme of things, Obama's impact is insignificant.

[cyberbritt]

Someone would eventually find it.

The Norwegian Vikings did before columbus :P. but from my country i would say the Norwegain vikings, world: Hannibal Barca

[vahid]

well...............
i would say! Alexander and Hitler

[Unlimited]

Alexander didn't nearly conquer as much as Gengis Kahn. He can't possibly be influencial enough.

[Xyolexus]

For Russia: Lenin
For England: Uh...Isaac Newton
For World: Benjamin Franklin or Isaac Newton

[X292]

Adolf Hitler has probly affected the world more than anyone.

[Wolfly]

The church.

[Xyolexus]

Heh, inspired by whom? GOD.

[xtavie]

Hmm Wolfy, I never even thought of that one.

[QQrofl]

The Jews.

[Unlimited]

The Jews?
Luck doesn't mean influence you know.

Terrible Ivan all the way. No questions asked.

[expo]

The Jews?
Luck doesn't mean influence you know.

Terrible Ivan all the way. No questions asked.

And yet it wasn't too terrible.

[cyberbritt]

ya, the ppl of israel is cruel and try to be like nazis , want to make the ppl of palestina nomore as hitler with jews.

[toby999]

deffinetly pokemon, pokemon opened my mind to alot of stuff!!

[Unlimited]

Such as a surgical removal of the left side of your brain?

[expo]

Such as a surgical removal of the left side of your brain?

I refuse to go through a lobotomy like you did.

[xtavie]

Cyberbritt, with all due respect, what the hell are you talking about. The Israeli People are nothing like the Nazi's.

[Unlimited]

I refuse to go through a lobotomy like you did.

And I refuse to get neutered like you did.

[cyberbritt]

Cyberbritt, with all due respect, what the hell are you talking about. The Israeli People are nothing like the Nazi's.

hmm they are like on the way that they want to take down all the palastines population as hitler wanted to do with the jews. thats my wiew on this case, the iraeli signed the peace contract in the oslo contract and after that broke it and made more war on the palestina. i dont see them otherways than the nazis, both hated a ethnic group and tried to obliterate them.

[xtavie]

The reason for the attack on Palestine was because they were experiencing terrorist attacks from that region on a daily basis.

[achieq]

thomas jefferson..
Electricity..

Or.. wait..
Adam/Eva.. xD
They got to make sure the human apes were intelligent after all..

[Shinu44]

I'm assuming we're referring to human history so in that sense I would have to select the first human, Adam.

[ckrat67]

OUT OF POINT - i think.
well i would think the church. it gave rise to the de la salle brothers the jesuits and almost all communities that are "good". remember they are only good because the church says that if they are good they will go to heaven. you think that they would be good otherwise? human nature is evil while god is good. so he tries to save us despite the futility. the church is the "personalisation" of god on earth, if god even is a being. I believe however that he is more than anything we can fathom.

[MsLisa]

To me, the ultimate impact on the history of the world, 100% belongs to Jesus Christ. I myself don't believe in God, Jesus, or any of that other sort of stuff.

However, there have been more wars over religion and people trying 'Follow the right path' and 'Be more Christ like' than likely any other greater influence in the history of humans.

Breaking it down, when it comes to government, economic, and battle structure, I give the greatest impact on this subject to the Greeks. The scholars from Greece in ancient times were far ahead of their time.

When it comes to who had the greatest impact on aviation in the history of humans, the Wright brothers may have flown the first airplane, but I believe that Howard Hughes had the greatest impact on aviation. It's to bad he was practically taken over by OCD. He was another great person, far ahead of their time.

Then, being who I am, when it comes to fashion, I believe Gucci has had the greatest impact in history. ;)

[zeikkukun]

Uhmmm, Jesus.
Because, now most people think there is a heaven...

Oh and uhmm the Nazi's.
Because, now many people think they can take over the work by being violent...

[Wolfly]

I'm not knocking anyone over, since it's an thread to express your opinion, but why do so many people suggest the Nazi?
I mean, if you look at human history as an whole, the last century is such a tiny fraction.

If you're already suggesting Nazis, why not the Mongols or Alexander the Great as well?

[Blizzlord]

Me! :D


Nah, just joking (or am I :S). But the person who has had the greatest impact on history according to me would be.... *drumroll*...

Adolf Hitler... You can't even say the word Hitler without people looking strange at you... with raised pitchforks... and cows...

[zeikkukun]

Also, slaveowners.
They made it so racism exsists.

[dfighter]

To me, the ultimate impact on the history of the world, 100% belongs to Jesus Christ. I myself don't believe in God, Jesus, or any of that other sort of stuff.

However, there have been more wars over religion and people trying 'Follow the right path' and 'Be more Christ like' than likely any other greater influence in the history of humans.

Breaking it down, when it comes to government, economic, and battle structure, I give the greatest impact on this subject to the Greeks. The scholars from Greece in ancient times were far ahead of their time.

When it comes to who had the greatest impact on aviation in the history of humans, the Wright brothers may have flown the first airplane, but I believe that Howard Hughes had the greatest impact on aviation. It's to bad he was practically taken over by OCD. He was another great person, far ahead of their time.

Then, being who I am, when it comes to fashion, I believe Gucci has had the greatest impact in history. ;)
I tend to disagree, although I'd also nominate a religious entity.
I'd say the Catholic church has had the greatest impact on history.
They stole hundreds of years of advancement from mankind, by prosecuting scientists, calling them heretics and blasphemers, and killing them.

[boofstien]

Alfred Nobel - stabilised notroglycerine to give us dynamite the precurser to modern explosives, once thought of as the invention that will end all wars due to its power - how many has it killed?, how many families affected?

[ekutah]

I'd still have to say the Romans , they gave us a lot of things you might not recognize in an instant

[silver]

I would say religion. Just look at our history. Just guess how many lives that have ben taken? Just look at Islam, people are blowing them self up killing normal people. Just because they wanna "protect" there religion. Really, how stupid can you get? Blow your self up to kill 100 of lives because you wanna protect your religion?

[Kirth]

I'm surprised no one has said the obvious. Jesus Christ... I mean literally Jesus Christ lol

Because we were to pick actual living people, perhaps?

[stoneharry]

Anyone who said Adolf Hitler obviously doesn't know much about History. He is famous for what he did, but there are many people who were much worse and had a much bigger impact.

[Xyolexus]

thomas jefferson..
Electricity..

Or.. wait..
Adam/Eva.. xD
They got to make sure the human apes were intelligent after all..

THOMAS JEFFERSON NEVER INVENTED ELECTRICITY OR HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT!

It was Benjamin Franklin.

[vvv]

Alexander Barkashov or Dmitry Demushkin or Vladimir Zhyrinosky.


And well i always agaisnt unlimited but this time hes right Ivan the Terrible is Great too.


but the 3 other people is the 3 great people of russia.

[mag1212]

Thomas edison

[nilro25]

The person who founded Blizzard changed the world deeply >.>

Creating World of Warcraft and getting so much people addicted and at a whim they can go into nerd-rage and somehow commit suicide

[martin197]

The Roman Empire.

With the romans came knowdledge such as widely known languages and learning at schools.
Culture learning and more!

So i do think the roman empire has had the greatest impact.

For one also their war tactics were astonishing.

[Mari0]

god.

[cyberbritt]

The Roman Empire.

With the romans came knowdledge such as widely known languages and learning at schools.
Culture learning and more!

So i do think the roman empire has had the greatest impact.

For one also their war tactics were astonishing.

Your right in that, but i must say Carthage had better strategies and better trained troop.They did nearly winn against the romans self they had 2-3 times less armies.

But i will change my thinking, i do think Djengis Khan made the biggest and greatest impact on history , he conquered and build the worlds biggest empire from a poor country made bye tribes.

[Unlimited]

Me, of course.

[vvv]

Me, of course.

its not u.


and i see,you live in ural mountains(u wrote that in your locolation) but well your russian or churka?

[expo]

Me, of course.

So why are you so self-absorbed?

[runemaster]

the sun.

for obvious reasons.

[azahran1790]

hmm they are like on the way that they want to take down all the palastines population as hitler wanted to do with the jews. thats my wiew on this case, the iraeli signed the peace contract in the oslo contract and after that broke it and made more war on the palestina. i dont see them otherways than the nazis, both hated a ethnic group and tried to obliterate them.

The reason for the attack on Palestine was because they were experiencing terrorist attacks from that region on a daily basis.

Xtavie, ive read many of your posts and you are a gifted intellectual, but your statement here is not the whole truth, Israel as a country that was formed in PALESTINE, it was accorded some land, however with now numerous excuses, israel has been inching little by little into palestinian land since their inception..

http://palestinenote.com/cs/blogs/news/archive/2010/05/03/are-usaid-projects-cementing-israel-s-west-bank-land-grab.aspx

http://www.international.gc.ca/name-anmo/peace_process-processus_paix/canadian_policy-politique_canadienne.aspx?lang=eng

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlement ( first paragraph is enough on that one)

so i must ask only one question....were the native americans wrong to fight the colonists?