From the Dec, 10,2009 Listverse. List Universe.
10. RENAISSANCE 1483 to 1513-- (I finally learned how to spell the word when I had to teach it.)
9. ROMAN REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE 100BC to 100 AD-- Borrowed Greek culture and expanded it, especially in engineering and architecture.
8. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 1855-1866-- Darwin's Theory, Pasteur, Lister and Mendel.
7. AGE OF INVENTION-- electric light, alternative current, telephone, steam and gas turbines, phonograph.
6. AGE OF ASTRONOMY, MECHANICS AND LITERATURE 1580-1610-- Galileo's telescope, Kepler's planetary theory, Don Quixote and Shakespeare.
5. AGE OF NEWTON 1660-1687-- Theory of Gravity, Newton and Leibniz invent calculus, Boyle's Law, development of chemistry.
4. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 1764-1790-- Watt's steam engine, chemistry, geology and economy.
3. EASTERN EMPIRES 11TH-12TH CENTURIES AD-- China, Islam, Indian, Southeast Asian
2. MEDITERRANEAN CULTURE 5TH TO 4TH CENTURY BC-- Greece
1. FOUNDING OF RELIGIOUS TRADITION 6TH CENTURY AD-- Confucius, Buddha, Islam
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What, No Agricultural Revolution? --Cooter
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