00:00Welcome back, listen, history isn't just dates and dust, it's a series of domino effects.
00:06Today, we're looking at 5 moments that completely rewrote the story of humanity.
00:111. The control of fire, approximate.
00:141 million years ago, it started with a spark.
00:18When early humans learned to control fire, everything changed.
00:22It wasn't just about warmth, cooking food released more calories,
00:26which allowed our brains to grow larger.
00:28Fire gave us protection, social gathering spots, and eventually, the power to forge metal.
00:34It was the very first technology.
00:362. The agricultural revolution, c. 10,000 BC.
00:42For most of history, we were wanderers.
00:45Then, we planted seeds.
00:47The agricultural revolution meant humans could settle in one place.
00:51This surplus of food led to the first cities, written languages, and governments.
00:55Civilization, as we know, it was born from a single wheat field.
01:003. The printing press, 1440.
01:04We mentioned him before, but he deserves a spot on the list, Johannes Gutenberg.
01:09Before his press, knowledge belonged to the elite.
01:13After 1440, information could travel faster than ever before.
01:17It fueled the Renaissance, sparked the Reformation, and paved the way for modern science.
01:23It was the internet of the 15th century.
01:264. The steam engine, 1712-1769.
01:31When James Watt improved the steam engine in the late 1700s, muscle power was replaced by machine power.
01:37This kicked off the industrial revolution.
01:40Suddenly, we could mass-produce goods, travel by train, and cross oceans in days instead of weeks.
01:46It shrank the world and built the modern economy.
01:495. The Trinity Test, 1945.
01:54On July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert, the first atomic bomb was detonated.
02:00This moment ushered in the atomic age.
02:03It ended a world war but started a cold war, creating a world where humanity possessed the power to destroy itself, or to unlock limitless energy.
02:11From the first spark of a fire to the splitting of an atom, we've come a long way.
02:16Subscribe and tell me in the comment section which of the moments that you are happy that it happened.
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