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PippyTheZinhead t1_ixwcfzl wrote

What single historical individual has had the biggest impact on the world we live in today?

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AngryBlitzcrankMain t1_ixwg3ly wrote

Mohammed or Jesus, depending on what level of historicity do you put on Jesus name.

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PippyTheZinhead t1_ixx8kdu wrote

I almost wrote ¨what non religious individual,¨ but you´re right about Mohammed and Jesus. I tend to think there was an historical Jesus, but we may never know for sure.

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AngryBlitzcrankMain t1_ixxbdgn wrote

I mean it in a way that you believe that historical Jesus is tied directly to the biblical Jesus. Mohammed its much more cleared example as with or without divine beliefs, we know about his actions and his direct followers. With Jesus its bit more complicated.

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GSilky t1_ixzaznr wrote

Muhammad. Marx may be a close second, if he hasn't already overtaken first.

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TheGreatOneSea t1_iy1fq2d wrote

As a non-religious example, Columbus: while someone else would have done the same eventually, it was his accidental discovery of gold in the "New World" that dramatically changed the nature of Spain's interest. In general, a slower exploration of America would be likely, shifting the fortunes of Spain at a minimum, which would in turn massively shift events in the early modern world.

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