100 Most Influential People in History
by Michael H. Heart

In his book on English Literature, Voltaire - when he was in the country in 1726 - heard there was discussion among scholars regarding: who the most excellent human being. Caesar? Alexander? Tamerlane? or Cromwell? One of the participants said, no doubt must have been Sir Isaac Newton, the son of expert champions. Voltaire got along with these choices with consideration, "It is she who guides us have minds with the power of truth, not bound by the violence. Therefore we should respect and greetings and owe incalculable."

Do you really believe Sir Isaac Newton Voltaire smartest man in the universe, or is just trying to, displaying a philosophical problem because the appointment would provoke follow-up questions: of several billion human beings ever born in the world, who among those who have influence on the course of history?

This book is my answer. There are a hundred human child in the list I compiled and I am sure the hundredth person that determines the direction of the course of history. Need I point out, they were not human beings in terms of "greatest," but in the sense of the most influential in history. For example, I put Stalin on the list, because of its influence in history, whether she was fierce and devilish. On the other hand, the saints and sacred as Mother Carini, no.

This book deals solely with the question of who a hundred men who had held the role of changing the direction of world history. Of the hundred people that I collated in sequence according to the weight of its importance, or in other words: measure of the total role is doing for mankind. This special group of a hundred people I collated on my list, no matter whether he was a wise Bestari or cursed, no matter whether he was famous, scintillating or mediocre. Clearly, all these kids they are human beings who have given shape to our lives, oval-round whittle the world faces.

Before compiling a list of sequences, of course need to have basic benchmarks, who should be included and for what reasons. The first basic criterion, of course, is human really deserve. However, the basic criterion is not always easy. For example: if the poet of the Chinese sage Lao Tzu actually ever lived? Is not just a fairy tale character? What manner of Homer, about Aesop is famous with the nickname of the world story writer animals? Faced with such abstruse problems, I was forced to resort to guess - I hope not expect any suspect - because I was there to collect information from here and how can.

Anonymous persons also outside the count. Perhaps the inventor of the wheel - if true the wheel designed by an individual - can not figure classified as unfit, no less important as they are on the list, but measured from the basic standards that I place, I set aside from further consideration. Nothing except the inventor of the way to writing.

In preparing this list I not only chose the most famous and glittering figures in history. Fame, talent, generosity, can not be equated with influence. Therefore, names such as Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr.., Babe Ruth, even Leonardo da Vinci was not included in my one hundred characters, although some of them I put in "Dear figures" after the Hundred People. Anyway, what I call the influence is not necessarily always associated with tenderness, kindness, compassion. That is why fucking genius like Hitler Hundred People qualified to the group.

Based on these considerations is the effect it must contain coverage mondial, great personalities, local politicians did not count. But can also occur - for example in self-Peter the Great of Russia - although the main effect of concern on his own country, but shouted out the boundaries can feel his homeland. The reason for this could push it into my list.

I do not merely limit the list of figures who have influence on human life today fairies. Influence over the past generation I think have the same price, and my account.

How about the future? In preparation of the working levels of the order of this list, both men and women concerned, I consider the influence of their copyrighted works and also touched on future generations and events. Because our knowledge is very limited future, bright I could not flirt with all their influence sustainability assurance. Meanwhile, it's safe if I predict that electricity - for example - still have the significance of five hundred years to come, because it sacrifices the science warriors such as Faraday and Maxwell will continue to have influence on the life of our descendants fairies in the far future.

In terms of deciding where to place one's personal, I tend to consider the extent to which its contribution to the historical movements. Generally speaking, major historical developments have never brought up by one's actions solely. Just because this book discusses and deals with individuals, with the influence of personal behavior, I tried to pry apart the role of someone in the proportion of the role he has done. Therefore, individuals are not placed on an equal place but rather relates to the extent to which they are involved in the significance of events or developments. Therefore, there could be someone who is significantly responsible for the development of events or something, I put on the order of a higher level than someone who is less grasp the role despite being in a critical motion.

The most striking example can be seen on my choice of the Prophet Muhammad in order to place a higher level than the Prophet Jesus. This is partly just because I personally believe that Muhammad had a greater effect in terms of Islamic guidance of the Prophet Jesus to Christianity. This is - of course - not necessarily mean that I regard the Prophet Muhammad was a man larger than the Prophet Jesus.

Many important events and developments involving the role of a large number of people. Yet not even worthy of a person deemed most advanced among them. The best example looks at the world of explosives and firearms. Or in the case of women's liberation movement. Or about the problem of birth and the development of Hinduism. Whatever keeps the meaning of all these developments is very important, but if the level of their sequence positions shared equally, no one will enter the list.

Or taken one way appointed to represent colleagues who are in a summary of the role of development? Or agree on the person occupying the level of sequence? I think not. In this way, the Hindu philosopher Sankara can be performed virtually on top of the sequence as representative of Hinduism. In fact, Sankara himself was not famous, he's not known outside of India and he is not influential. Will I encounter similar difficulties when putting the fender Richard Gatling - the inventor of a machine gun - in the above sequence of Albert Einstein, solely on the consideration that the development of firearms is far more important than the discovery of relativity theory. Facing this kind of problems, I've resolved not going to try to choose "The main of which is equivalent. Each person listed in this book have been selected on the basis of considerations that influence the real, and not representative of anything in terms of development.

When two people work closely together to produce something the result of collective work, I sketched a special provision. For example, Orville and Wilbur Wright worked together so closely shoulder to shoulder to find the aircraft, its almost impossible to separate their own role. In the case of this kind is reckless try to set a balanced ration for each of them and picked up separately in the list. The solution taken is both treated as a combined result.

It is similar to the Wright brothers had also occurred in the Karl Marx and Friederich Engels. Both earn the same sequence in the list even though the name of the sequence falls on Karl Marx. I consider the role of Marx in this case is more prominent. There are many more cases of joint work which I treat like that. Need I emphasize, the wisdom of this kind is not destined only to those working in the field thanks to a similar, but solely in terms of cooperation.

There are also other considerations in terms of placing this order list that need attention. Let's look a little into the past. We'll see, if Guglielmo Marconi did not discover the radio a few people in the years that not so far apart will find it. It's the same in the case of Mexico. If Hernando Cortes had never been born mother to the world, yet also by the Spanish conquered Mexico. Nothing except for the theory of evolution: the absence of any theory of Charles Darwin will be defined as well. However, facts show that indeed the work completed by Marconi, Cortes, and Darwin. That is why the three men listed in the order of the list in line with the results of their respective achievements. Pretext "Another possibility could happen" could be set aside.

On the other hand, small amounts of certain persons responsible for the occurrence of major events that without the role they will never exist. In order to determine the sequence of these people - say, a collection of diverse human beings parties including Genghis Khan, Beethoven, the Prophet Muhammad and William the Conqueror - the special achievements of their own weight gain, because these people personally exudes a profound influence , in a real sense the true meaning.

Of the tens of billions of human beings that ever existed on the planet earth, no more than one million that could go into a biography in a broad sense. Of that amount, perhaps only 20 000 people who have a price for his efforts result in a book called biographical dictionary. And of that number only 0.5% which I put in my order list. This means, in my opinion - they were really the result of the juice, they are human beings who have monumental significance in the history of humanity.

Effect of the role of women against human life fairy, so did the role and their contribution to human culture, clearly larger than their numbers listed in my list. However, the brilliance of the influence of persona is the result of combined efforts of several individuals, both in terms of talent or opportunity to strengthen the influence. Throughout history, their role is generally underestimated. My decision to include two female figures in the list are a reflection of a sense of regret to the truth. I do not see a benefit to cover up the fact that the discriminatory tone of reluctance and their inclusion in the list. The book is based on none other than what it ever happened in the past, rather than what should happen, nor are they merely do justice to what happened in the history of humanity. I also do a similar observation on the role of various racial and ethnic groups whose members have been harmed and no pay for nothing in the past.

Above I have emphasized that I made about the effect the only measure in the preparation of the list summarizes the sequence of the role of individuals. Of course, not a hard case made a list of "great men" on the basis of other considerations such as the famous, great work, talent, full of ability, wise Bestari.

Readers eager to make the experiment itself could compile a list according to their own tastes gentlemen, whether related to a very influential man, or famous people, or about rare human beings who have an advantage outside the norm in certain fields. Of course my opinion, the book that I compiled about a hundred figures of world history is affecting not only fascinating but also interesting. Concurrent with that I also believe you gentlemen can enjoy a master list of stacking his own character as an exercise of intelligence. List of Master's composition will not be the same and not necessarily the same with my array list. Who knows, you are more likely to compile a list of a hundred people who still live and roam the earth, or a list of a hundred people who save the magical charisma. However, if you will compile a list of one hundred most influential figures, I pray you exercise it will be useful for you, just as beneficial for myself, because of what it will open new horizons in the wider history