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Why these new headers? They seem to be just a repeat of the text above, and do not as far as I can see conform to anything in terms Wikipedia style guides? -- Egil 11:28 Apr 1, 2003 (UTC)
I have added some historical events which have great significance in the founding of cultures and religions. One is the Hegira, a key event in Islamic history, around which many events are centered. Another is Columbus' discovery of the New World, an event that allowed great changes, destructive as well as constructive, to the entire world. Another is the Varangian settlement in Russia, after which a Russia gets a heritage of governments and foreign influence is of significance in view of other events becomes possible. I have also added the printing press, without which publishing would be a very laborious process and many later events would be impossible. Dante's Divine Comedy gets credit as the first work in a vernacular (non-Latin) language of wide circulation. For the barbarian destruction of classical civilization I will mark the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain because of (1) the complete annihilation of any classically-based culture, (2) the significance of England as a country that makes its mark without having ties to any classical civilization except through adoption at will, and (3) the fact that the vast majority of Wikipedia articles are in English. I'm trying to even out the times.
It will be tempting to overload this section with historical events or creations. Don't.
Other events have taken place, often around the same time as these events, and something so significant as the Black Death or Luther's break with Catholicism is similar in time-scale with other events. It's hard to figure which writers are most significant, let alone which work of any writer (example: Shakespeare), architect, composer, or artist is 'greatest' or 'most influential'. --Paul from Michigan 08:10, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
