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Vitalik Buterin
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What are your favorite "long century" dividers? (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_nineteenth_century ) Mine so far: 1643-48: Ming -> Qing transition, end of 30y war (treaty of Westphalia), Galileo dies and Newton born 1789: French revolution, dawn of formalized chemistry (Lavoisier) 1911-17: Xinhai revolution, WW1, Russian revolution, theories of relativity 2020-23: COVID, end of pax americana, AI passing Turing test
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Bentox
@bentox
1492 - Spain conquered Granada, the last Muslim stronghold, completing the 700+ year Reconquista & Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas, shifting global trade and power & accelerates creation of racially diverse populations.
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