CENTURIES’

PERSONALITIES:

Each Century

presents

what it

represents.

First century

marked

arrival of Messiah;

second century,

witnessed

death of

last

apostle,

Church leaders,

and the struggle of

new teaching

to survive.

Third century,

began

with the

conversion of

pagan Rome

to Constantine

Christianity.

Fourth century

witnessed

the fall of

Western

Roman Empire.

Fifth

century kicked off

with the fall of

Eastern Roman

Empire in

Constantinople.

Sixth century

heralded

a new

religion,

Islam;

In the

seventh century,

Islamic teaching

spread

worldwide.

By

8th century,

revival of

Holy Roman

Empire began;

and in

the

9th century,

Europe

came under

different,

but

blood-related

ruling Houses.

In

10th century,

wars of attrition

ensued

between

Europe and

Islamic world

on superiority

of Judeo-Christian

and Islam.

Then came

11th century,

with the

decline of

Eastern Roman

Empire.

And

in 12th century,

a

new empire

arose;

the

Ottoman

Empire,

which

lasted

for

another

four centuries.

Alliances upon

alliances in

the

13th century,

among

the ruling

houses

created

power

dynamics in

Europe;

power through

marriages,

which made

Europe

ruled the

world

for another

five centuries.

Fourteenth century-

the age of exploration-

transoceanic era,

when European ships

traveled around the

earth.

Ships soon

came with wealth

and fortune

form many

distant lands;

the beginning of

modern capitalism.

As discovery kicked

off in Europe, so was

a new movement

in

the 15th century;

Reformation

propagated by

new European

intelligentsia,

which

set to check

and to correct,

years of errors,

abuses, and

discrepancies

by

Roman Catholic

Church.

Welcome

to

the 16th century

Industrial Revolution

in

Europe and

America;

era marking

a transition from

hand production

to mass

production by

machines.

A new power

is rising-

political

earthquake

in 17th North

American territories

changed the world

forever.

Declaration

of

Independence,

followed by wars

between

North America

colonists and imperial

British recreated

world of mankind;

America-the new power-

in the making.

Will slavery

be ever abolished?

Yes,

18th century

became

END SLAVERY

CENTURY,

because

it was immoral;

moves against

slavery and other

heinous

crimes against

began in 18th

century.

Welcome

19th century,

scientific and

medical

breakthrough

era.

From Rene

Laennec’s

Stethoscope,

to Quinine’s

discovery, to

Aspirin-the miracle

drug, to nitrous

oxide-as pain killer-

forerunner

to modern

anesthetic to

antiseptic theory,

to cholera

vaccine; to

X-Rays-

a revolution

in medicine, to

Smallpox vaccine,

to germ theory-

as the main cause

of many diseases,

to abnormal

blood (Leukemia)

discovery in 1845,

to the first hearing

aid, to open-heart

surgery to

ophthalmoscope

discovery in 1851,

paved the way

for the future

miracles in

the medical

field.

The

20th century,

an era of

mixed blessings;

beginning with

First World War,

monarchies

lost power,

but retained

their thrones

in Europe,

birth of

representational

democracy,

era of world Wars,

invention of

nuclear weapons;

moon landing,

celestial and

planetary

explorations,

telecommunications,

air travels,

Cold War;

invention

of Computers.

The

21st century,

information age

changing

mankind.

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Adeniyi Yusuf Adeyemi

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