Most influential person history.

[Isshinryu]

Originally posted by: loki8481
Guttenberg.

yay for easily mass-produced literature.

Yay for China in 11th Century CE.

 

[Isshinryu]

Originally posted by: lirion
Hammurabi. He's the first ruler known to have established a code of laws to be written down and known by the public. Bt making the law a matter of public record, the citizens could know their rights and responsibilities, and not be subject to the fickle whim of their ruler as the final law. This is the legal system employed by western civilization, and we still use it today.

Under Hammurabi's rule Babylon became the world's first metropolis. Living in the big city was a way of life unknown before Hammurabi's time. The world would be very different today with no large cities.

Girsu, in southern Mesopotamia, was the first metropolis founded c. 2350BCE, and was made so due to its religious nature. Hammurabi's Code is an impressive pice of work, however.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: lirion
Hammurabi. He's the first ruler known to have established a code of laws to be written down and known by the public. Bt making the law a matter of public record, the citizens could know their rights and responsibilities, and not be subject to the fickle whim of their ruler as the final law. This is the legal system employed by western civilization, and we still use it today.

Under Hammurabi's rule Babylon became the world's first metropolis. Living in the big city was a way of life unknown before Hammurabi's time. The world would be very different today with no large cities.

I Agree

 

[Chu]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Ghengis Khan wins over WW hands down. Read up on your history. Half or more of the world's population is decended from him. :Q

Another vote for Khan. It's scarry - some people still worship him and are waiting for his return.

 

[killface]

Originally posted by: NumbaJuan
NumbaJuan's Mom

Fixed for me.

 

[upsciLLion]

Anand Lal Shimpi.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: upsciLLion
Anand Lal Shimpi.

New pair of knee pads ?

 

[DigDug]

PeeWee Herman. We owe our lives to his paradigm shift of Western culture.

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Mermaidman

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Xiety
Ataturk.

Darmok at Tenagra?

huh?

Shaka when the walls fell.

His eyes OPEN!

Tamba, his arms wide.

 

[TallBill]

Jesus. I dont believe in religion. HAH

 

[PCTweaker5]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Adolf Hitler - he caused great harm in the world, but he helped force the uniting of countries and the cementation of alliances across the ocean that'll likely continue for centuries to come.

The UN is evil! The illuminati rules the world!

 

[Cashmoney995]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Mermaidman

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Xiety
Ataturk.

Darmok at Tenagra?

huh?

Shaka when the walls fell.

His eyes OPEN!

With arms closed

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

ALTON BROWN

 

[AmbitV]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Mermaidman

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Xiety
Ataturk.

Darmok at Tenagra?

huh?

Shaka when the walls fell.

His eyes OPEN!

You don't care about me! All you care about is your honor!

 

[Zenmervolt]

The Sophists. (Pre-Socratic philosophers.)

They greatly influenced Socrates and Plato and perhaps even provided the impetus for Plato to write his works. Unfortunately, very little of their work survives and their name (which means "wise") has become slandered to the point where calling someone a "sophist" is considered derogatory anymore.

ZV

 

[TallBill]

What about OJ?

 

[Chu]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
The Sophists. (Pre-Socratic philosophers.)

They greatly influenced Socrates and Plato and perhaps even provided the impetus for Plato to write his works. Unfortunately, very little of their work survives and their name (which means "wise") has become slandered to the point where calling someone a "sophist" is considered derogatory anymore.

ZV

Person :roll: If you want to include entire categories might as well say the Cathloic Church.

 

[axelfox]

The person who thought of breakfast served anytime.

 

[Match]

Whoever invented sliced bread. Just think where we'd be without it.

Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310-230 BC) - the first astronomer to suggest that the earth wasn't the center of the universe (although he thought the sun was).

 

[MAME]

jesus christ

he was a real man who was 100% ordinary and now a bunch of morons made him in to a fairytale.

 

[upsciLLion]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Originally posted by: upsciLLion
Anand Lal Shimpi.

New pair of knee pads ?

New pair of dumbass pads?

 

[oniq]

Originally posted by: MAME
jesus christ

he was a real man who was 100% ordinary and now a bunch of morons made him in to a fairytale.

How would he have been influential if he hadn't been made into a fairytale?

 

[BaboonGuy]

Ein Ein Ein Einstein!

 

[dababus]

nietzsche.

 

[SilentZero]

Id give Einstein my vote also.