12 Events That Changed History

Many events can be said to have changed history, and not everyone might agree with all of those chosen for this collection, but – undeniably – these twelve would appear somewhere on anyone's list:

• First Agricultural Revolution
• Development of Religion
• Invention of Writing
• Fall of the Western Roman Empire
• The Renaissance
• Invention of the Printing Press
• The Scientific Revolution
• The Enlightenment
• The American Revolution
• The Industrial Revolution
• World War I
• World War II

There are, of course, many more – including the rise and fall of the Achaemenid Empire, the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Mughal Empire, the Protestant Reformation – but the following collection will only address aspects of the twelve above.

Author's Note: Thanks to Mr. Colin Gamble for suggesting this piece.