What is the world's greatest accomplishment since the 1500s?
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Jesus......internet and toliet paper......\n\nI don't want to answer now because I may astound myself.
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Fishing. The Grand Banks were the richest fishing grounds in the world at that time.\n\nThe settlers wiped out the Beothucks, which sort of wrecked their economy. Not that they really had one -- they were hunter/gatherers.
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I think the scientists who made the greatest contribution of all time was Alexander Gram Bell even though he was not really scientists and more like a inventor. His invention the telephone is what now makes the world go round. The telephone lead to the internet, and being able to send mass amounts of information.
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In one of these. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=43540
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World#More_recent_lists >This  list  is  pretty  good!
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My greatest achievement in life is being happy... i know it sounds corny, but how many people are successful, have achieved so much but aren't happy!!!
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but it was written in the 15th century
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Hicham El Guerrouj of Morrocco owns both the 1500 AND Mile World Records.\n\n3:43.13 Mile\n\n3:26.00 1500M (which happens to be worth a 3:42.42 for a mile, based on commonly used conversions.)
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Try this link it lists, inventions from 2000 onwards, pick off the list, as for the important people, try looking at presidents, prime ministers, sports people who have been prominent in last 6 years, try searching Yahoo news.
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its making great strides globally. this often happens throughout history. its called rise and fall of nations. india is definitely on the rise.
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This is somewhat an opinion question, but I'll give my opinion on the top 10 achievements:\n\n1.  First man on the moon\n2.  First mission to another planet (Mariner, Venus)\n3.  First probe to leave the solar system \n4.  Hubble Space Telescope\n5.  Voyagers I and II\n6.  Development of the Space Shuttle\n7.  Infrared Astronomical Satellite\n8.  SOHO (Sun observation satellite)\n9.  Galileo mission to Jupiter\n10. Cassini mission
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http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=54338
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Around 6.5B in the whole world.
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Oldest Civilisation\nRich Heritage
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What a silly solution.Accept your countries great achievements.This made america proud.Better to direct your thoughts to todayThen america was the envy of the world. Not so today
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Not counting the the invention of the wheel and the discovery of controlled fire, I'd say Gutenberg's invention of the moveable type printing press has been the most significant event in human history.
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its one of the best and most important invention in the last 15 years.....