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« on: December 16, 2011, 04:35:42 pm »
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2011, 04:47:48 pm »
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Christoper Colombus and Genghis Khan say hi.
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... and that, by the way, is also one of the reasons why none of Eric Hobsbawm's books has been turned into a succesful Broadway musical so far.
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 04:54:58 pm »
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Quote from: Pensando en volver on December 16, 2011, 04:47:48 pm
Christoper Colombus and Genghis Khan say hi.

Mongolia ain't what it used to be.

Colón used...oh yeah! Printed maps!
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2011, 05:18:38 pm »
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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2011, 05:55:09 pm »
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Quote from: Pensando en volver on December 16, 2011, 04:47:48 pm
Christoper Colombus and Genghis Khan say hi.

Mongolia ain't what it used to be.

Colón used...oh yeah! Printed maps!

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/08/1-in-200-men-direct-descendants-of-genghis-khan/

As for Colombus.. his importance isn't really so much in discovering America (though that's obviously very important) as that he discovered it under the auspicies of the Spanish Crown and all that meant for the development of the American economy. Also see: The Colombian Exchange
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« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2011, 11:51:27 am »
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It would have happened without them. That goes for both Gutenberg and Columbus.
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« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2011, 04:49:27 pm »
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I would suggest Isaac Newton. His influence spanned many areas of math and science and still remains at the core of scientific and technical thought today, 300 years later. Modern technological society probably would have developed with a different worldview without his ideas.
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« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2011, 06:14:11 pm »
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It would have happened without them. That goes for both Gutenberg and Columbus.

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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2011, 09:53:13 pm »
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 Personally, I think that title belongs to Martin Luther.
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