Ah, but one of the wonderful things here in FR is that there are those of us who appreciate the perspective that history affords us. I had fun trying to guess your doppelgänger before you identified him and I will be reading your other Greco adventures tonight.
A smiling aside is that I live in an area with moderately strong Greek influences, the Tampa Bay region of Florida, and a former mayor of Tampa has the name Dick Greco. So 'maybe' that was why I was inclined to read the article initially but I am glad I did.
Now the question to you, author and sage, in comparison between our two handles, which was/is the most significant year for its entire civilization-wide aspect? A smile, answer only if you wish as we both know it could be the subject of endless tomes.
Heh heh...
A very cool question, SES1066...
I think 1066 was almost undoubtably more significant.
If William had not conquered England in 1066, it’s entirely possible that it might never have happened at all. England could well have continued to be ruled by Anglo-Saxons for hundreds of years, perhaps forever. We would speak a different language, and the world would be a different place indeed, with no Plantagenets to lead a Crusade... so many dominos fell because of the Norman Conquest.
The American colonies, however, would most definitely have fallen. There’s nothing magical about it being 1776. We were on the path for a decade, if it had happended two, four, or ten years later, it still would have happened.
Earlier, and we wouldn’t have had the benefit of young Alexander Hamilton. Later, we still would have.
So I think, personally, that, while the events were equally special, your chosen year may have been more definitive.
My personal opinion, anyway!
Cheers,
JFD