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“The famous Babylonian “Code of Hammurabi” states that tavern owners must always pour a sufficient amount of beer or face the death penalty. Trade and travel then brought beer to Egypt, where it was again associated with the work of the gods. Workers at the Giza Pyramids were given beer rations several times a day and over a hundred medicines recipes included the beverage. The Egyptians believed beer to be healthier than water and shared it with their fellow men of all ages, young and old.”
― James Weber, Ancient History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to the Fall of the Roman Empire

“Many consider the publication of this book to be the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.   This has been debated.  However, Copernicus’ theory stimulated the astronomical work of some of the most important minds of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, upon which later natural philosophers, including Newton, were able to build modern science.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“The introduction of penicillin in the 1940s, which began the era of antibiotics, has been recognized as one of the greatest advances in therapeutic medicine.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“In spite of his many successes, he is denigrated for his extreme polygamy, having had 700 wives and 300 concubines according to the Bible. These women drew him towards sin and idolatry and made God angry with him, and this has been attributed as one of the causes for the division of Israel after his death.”
― James Weber, Christian History in 50 Events: From the Old Testament to Modern Times

“On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland under the false pretext that the Poles had carried out a series of sabotage operations against German targets. Two days later, on September 3, France and the United Kingdom, followed by the fully independent Dominions of the British Commonwealth — Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa — declared war on Germany. This marks the beginning of World War II.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“The death of Jesus marks the beginning of Christianity, today the world's largest religion with about 2.4 billion adherents.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“In 2014, however, Chinese scientists were believed to have a 75% success rates cloning pigs. In the future, the procedure might be used to preserve endangered species or even revive extinct species. First experiments with DNA from a wild mountain goat, officially declared extinct in 1999, proved successful.”
― James Weber, The 20th Century in 50 Events: The Most Important Inventions, Conflicts, Technologies & Much More

“1812 -  U.S. declares war on Britain (War of 1812)   The”
― James Weber, American History in 50 Events: From First Immigration to World Power

“Caesar and Augustus both have months named after them (July for Julius Caesar and August for Augustus).”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“The hijra, or emigration of Mohammed and his followers to Medina in 622, is celebrated as the founding of Islam.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“After reading about so many events that changed history, maybe we should ask ourselves what the history books of our children will say about us. Will we be known as the Internet generation? Maybe the global generation? Predicting the future is impossible, of course, and no one today can say what exactly we will be remembered for tomorrow. However, I think we should all try to do our best to make the 50 most important events of the future more positive than some in this book. Today, we can avoid many of the wars and plagues that seemed inevitable in the past. We have the technology and the knowledge to do great things, and all one needs to do is remind himself of that. - James Weber”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“Human migration seems to follow a certain pattern, from eastern Africa into modern Israel then up through modern Turkey and into eastern Europe, where they worked their way west.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“1791 -  The Bill of Rights is ratified”
― James Weber, American History in 50 Events: From First Immigration to World Power

“The shift from hunting-gathering to agriculture led to one very important development -- it laid the building blocks for civilization as we know it.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“The consequences of Caesar’s conquest of Gaul have echoed through the ages; the spread of the Romance languages, the establishment of legal institutions, imperialistic ideals as well as many other aspects of European culture all find a basis in Roman influence. The British Empire, in part justified its own expansion through emulation of the Roman concept of romanitas, the belief that they had a responsibility to spread civilization to what was otherwise perceived as a savage and barbaric world. When the armies of Hitler and Napoleon marched, they did so under imperial eagles. Even the United States has a direct correlation with Rome through its symbolic use of the eagle and a governing senate.”
― James Weber, Julius Caesar: His Biography in 30 Events

“We set up a telephone connection between us and the guys at SRI ...," Kleinrock ... said in an interview, "We typed the L and we asked on the phone, "Do you see the L?" "Yes, we see the L," came the response. We typed the O, and we asked, "Do you see the O." "Yes, we see the O." Then we typed the G, and the system crashed... Yet a revolution had begun…”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“The extensive surplus of food is what allowed those areas to become densely populated in the first place. It is these two things that allowed for political systems, specialized labor,  writing, property ownership, and more- all things we can’t imagine modern society without.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“Printing Revolution,” and is widely regarded as the most important event of the modern period. It played a key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, and the Scientific Revolution, and laid the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“Nevertheless, economic historians agree that the first Industrial Revolution was the most important event in the history of humanity since the domestication of animals, plants, and fire.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

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― James Weber, World History in 50 Events: From the Beginning of Time to the Present

“Adolf Hitler committed suicide by shooting himself”
― James Weber, Adolf Hitler: His Life In 30 Events

“1803 -  The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubles the size of the U.S.     The”
― James Weber, American History in 50 Events: From First Immigration to World Power

“Newton’s influence on science particularly and on eighteenth century culture in general was profound.  Few scientists after him would deny themselves the identity of being a “Newtonian”, while his (apparent) application of rational thought to the solution of scientific problems became the model for the Enlightenment embrace of “rationalism”.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times

“The  first crusade  started after a speech given on November 27, 1095 by  Pope Urban II  with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from  Byzantine Emperor  Alexios I Komnenos, who requested that Western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading  Seljuq Turks  from  Anatolia. An additional goal soon became the principal objective — the Christian re-conquest of the  sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, and the freeing of the  Eastern Christians from Muslim rule.”
― James Weber, Human History in 50 Events: From Ancient Civilizations to Modern Times