Your country's greatest contribution.

[Centurion-Lucius-Vorenus]

What do you feel are your country's greatest contribution to human society throughout history ? Wether its Technological, Philosophical, artistic, etc...


For the United states, I would say that the Air plane and the Internet at both ends of the century would have the most impact in its history.

[William the Bastard]

The Industrial Revolution. This country pretty much invented "work" as we know it.

[6th Vigil]

The Industrial Revolution. This country pretty much invented "work" as we know it.

A lot of people have to thank us for that.

[Cúchulainn]

The Industrial Revolution. This country pretty much invented "work" as we know it.

And you left it to us to do it all.


Anyway.

Ireland's greatest contribution.

I've already mentioned it.

The British Empire.

We build it.


In all seriousness though.

It's either this



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Ohh and also this.



What would games be without it.

[Duke_of_Bavaria]

The Industrial Revolution. This country pretty much invented "work" as we know it.

Somebody really ought to bomb your country!

[Dr. Croccer]

Somebody really ought to bomb your country!

The Germans did it. Twice.

[Duke_of_Bavaria]

The Germans did it. Twice.

Third time is lucky .

[Farnan]

What do you feel are your country's greatest contribution to human society throughout history ? Wether its Technological, Philosophical, artistic, etc...


For the United states, I would say that the Air plane and the Internet at both ends of the century would have the most impact in its history.

Naa, I would say the Declaration of Independence (upon which the Polish Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man are based upon), the US Constitution (pretty much the European Enlightenment in practice), and a spirit of Republican Revolution are more important.

[cegorach]

Naa, I would say the Declaration of Independence (upon which the Polish Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man are based upon), the US Constitution (pretty much the European Enlightenment in practice), and a spirit of Republican Revolution are more important.

There was no such thing I am afraid. You must confuse that with the 3rd May Constitution which was more a result of the Enlightenment firmly rooted to the democratic traditions and laws of Poland than anything else - US Constitution didn't affect it much.



And when it comes to Polish contribution - only those with important achievements

astronomy - Copernicus ( Kopernik), Hevelius (Heweliusz) and Aleksander Wolszczan (modern astronomy, first planets beyond the solar system),

economy - Copernicus,

chemistry, mathematics, physics - Ignacy Mościcki (nitrogen extraction), Karol Olszewski, Zygmunt Wróblewski and Karol Sitarski (liquid nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide), Maria Curie-Skłodowska (radioactivity among others),

movie industry - Kazimierz Prószyński (movie camera), Józef Tykociński-Tykociner (sound movie), Stefan Kudelski (sound recorders), Jan Szczepanik (colour movie, television),

petroleum industry - Ignacy Łukasiewicz (oil refining and the first oil refinery, oil well, kerosyne lamp),

explorers - Strzelecki ( Australia),

other sciences and industrial branches - Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof (linguist - Esperanto), Edmund Ludwik Żaliński (submarine), Kazimierz Siemienowicz (delta wing, rocketry), Stefan Drzewiecki (submarine, propeller), Józef Kosacki (mine detector), Henryk Magnuski (radio communicators for Motorola), Antoni Norbert Patek (watches), Rudolf Stefan Weigl (vaccine against typhus), Cipher Bureau (a number of scientists - responsible for a number of inventions and discoveries e.g. with Enigma and computers), Mieczysław Wolfke (holography, liquid helium), Stanislaw Ulam (hydrogen bomb),



Few of those above spent most of their time abroad ( Curie, Magnuski etc), several has mixed ethnical-national origin (for those who care).

I have posted only some I found interesting or important enough, surely many more are missing (for example a whole lot of engineers) and of course all those men of culture (music, film, literature among others) are not there because it would make the list too long and would require more than those 30 minutes I have spent looking for the names posted above. All sorts of politicians and military leaders are not here because it would take too long to discuss their impact on history.
Overall Polish contribution is divided between many areas with rather exceptional influence on movie industry and astronomy for a nation of this size.

[Lord Tomyris]

Naa, I would say the Declaration of Independence (upon which the Polish Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man are based upon), the US Constitution (pretty much the European Enlightenment in practice), and a spirit of Republican Revolution are more important.

And I guess that in itself is born directly from the British 'Whig' tradition.

[Quinctilius Varus]

nothing special......the western culture

[Markas]

nothing special......the western culture

Pfft...lazy Greeks.

Maybe Magna Carta?

[William the Bastard]

Magna Carta.

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I would say the Declaration of Independence.

[Farnan]

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Different contributions. The Magna Carta confirmed that government's power must be limited. The Declaration of Independence was a document that pushed that people should be able to abolish governments that passed up this limit. Both are extremely important for different reasons, just like both ice cream and pizza are good but not in the same way.

[William the Bastard]

Different contributions. The Magna Carta confirmed that government's power must be limited. The Declaration of Independence was a document that pushed that people should be able to abolish governments that passed up this limit. Both are extremely important for different reasons, just like both ice cream and pizza are good but not in the same way.

Would you not also agree that there is a distinct path from the Magna Carta to the Declaration of Independence? Perhaps, without Magna Carta the Declaration would never have happened. Food for thought.

[Generaal Van Heutsz]

Different contributions. The Magna Carta confirmed that government's power must be limited. The Declaration of Independence was a document that pushed that people should be able to abolish governments that passed up this limit. Both are extremely important for different reasons, just like both ice cream and pizza are good but not in the same way.

For the Netherlands then this would undoubtedly be the Act of Abjuration, on which the declaration of independence is said to have been inspired. Although it was written together with people from what is now Belgium, Luxembourg and Northern France I wouldn't call it the greatest achievement of the belgians, they have something far greater still: french fries

Spinoza's pantheism, which lead the way to atheism

[Quinctilius Varus]

Pfft...lazy Greeks.

Maybe Magna Carta?

no i'm a roman and you a gaul barbarian ahahah


p.s. just kidding

[LSJ]

Well there have been accomplishments in the technological and medical world based in Canada, and other things like peacekeeping.

But I believe that contributions to society must be attributed to the people who made them, not the country. Like how America didn't make that wonderful revolutionary constitution; the founding fathers did. Its their creation to claim, not the country they made it for. And peacekeeping is the brainchild of Lester Pearson, not Canada. He had a good concept that the rest of Canada had nothing to do with until he brought it forward.

And also, the Greeks didn't make western society, they influenced it. There would be no western society as we know it without the "barbarians".

[Cyphon88]

Well there have been accomplishments in the technological and medical world based in Canada, and other things like peacekeeping.

But I believe that contributions to society must be attributed to the people who made them, not the country. Like how America didn't make that wonderful revolutionary constitution; the founding fathers did. Its their creation to claim, not the country they made it for. And peacekeeping is the brainchild of Lester Pearson, not Canada. He had a good concept that the rest of Canada had nothing to do with until he brought it forward.

And also, the Greeks didn't make western society, they influenced it. There would be no western society as we know it without the "barbarians".

I agree with DarkProphet here. Countries mean very little to me, individuals and society's matter far more than countries as a whole.

[Eric]

Canada... umm, well, we've got the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and our long history as a sanctuary for refugees and immigrants.