What are the most influential historical documents ?

[Johan]

In your opinion, what are the most important/influent historical document ever wroted.

I've gathered what seems to me a pretty decent list :

Sun Tzu - The Art of War (China ; ~ 500 B.C.)
Law of the Twelve Tables (Roma ; 451 B.C.)
Hippocratic Oath (Greece ; ~ 400 B.C.)
Plato - The Republic (Greece ; 380 B.C.)
Edict of Milan (Italy ; 313)
Justinian - Corpus Juris Civilis (Byzantium ; 529)
Magna Carta (England ; 1215)
Malleus Maleficarum (Germany ; 1486)
Treaty of Tordesillas (Portugal/Spain ; 1494)
Luther - 95 Theses (Germany ; 1517)
Copernic - On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Italy ; 1543)
Newton - Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (England ; 1687)
Bill of Rights (England ; 1689)
Declaration of Independance (USA ; 1776)
The United States Constitution (USA ; 1787)
Declaration of Man and the Citizen (France ; 1789)
Napoleonic Code (France - 1804)
Darwin - On the Origin of Species (England - 1859)
Wilson - 14 Points (USA ; 1918)
United Nations Charter (UN ; 1945)
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine (UN ; 1948)
North Atlantic Treaty (Nato ; 1949)

So, what are yours ? Did I frogot some ?

 

[brodkill]

bible

 

[Will E Worm]

The Bible
The Magna Carta
The United States Constitution
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Hippocratic Oath

Social Security Act (If enacted correctly)

 

[Gordar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi

 

[gunslingingbird]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

 

[lurkingdirk]

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Seriously, this has had an impact on legal wording, on ceremonial language, and on and on the list goes. It's fantastic.

 

[Johan]

The United States Constitution
Bill of Rights

I didn't mention the (US) Bill of Rights, 'cause I consider it as included in the US Constitution (which wouldn't be that historicaly important if the Bill or Right wasn't a part of it, just my opinion)

 

[HappyHapyJoyJoy]

The Necronomicon. Seriously. Think about it. Consider all the works of fiction inspired by it. Think of all the people who've gone looking for it. Think of all the fake versions that have been produced.

... and it doesn't even exist. For a document that was never actually written it's had quite the impact. Just looking at sheer ROI it's a winner...

 

[Jagger69]

If the main consideration is regarding its impact on the history of the world, the Qur'an has to be on the list. Ditto for Mein Kampf, Rousseau's Social Contract, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and Engels & Marx's Communist Manifesto.

 

[LukeEl]

To There and Back Again by Bilbo Bagins .

 

[gunslingingbird]

One that isn't so outwardly apparent, but I think everyone would agree on, is the charter of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England. That was the starting point of modern day Freemasonry, which, whether you like it or not, has been an influential organization in Western culture for the past 3 centuries or so.

 

[LukeEl]

The kids menu at Denny's have you ever tried to get the pot of gold at the end of the maze historical and epic!

 

[StanScratch]

Einstein's 1905 Annus Mirabilis papers.

 

[Johan]

The Bible

Then you would have to mention also the Torah, the Quran, the Vedas and the Tripiṭaka

If the main consideration is regarding its impact on the history of the world, the Qur'an has to be on the list. Ditto for Mein Kampf, Rousseau's Social Contract, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and Engels & Marx's Communist Manifesto.

Nice picks !

Einstein's 1905 Annus Mirabilis papers.

Good point.

 

[vodkazvictim]

In chronological order:
1: The holy Khoran
2: The Communist manifesto
3 The complete works of Baconsalt.

 

[lurkingdirk]

I see no one has mentioned the texts from my phone. I am disappoint.

What of "The Critique of Pure Reason?" It mired European continental philosophy for generations.

 

[itputsthelotion]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Let's be serious okay. Batman number 1.

 

[vodkazvictim]

I see no one has mentioned the texts from my phone. I am disappoint.

What of "The Critique of Pure Reason?" It mired European continental philosophy for generations.

Fuck you, you Deontological cunt.

 

[lurkingdirk]

Fuck you, you Deontological cunt.

I could be fine with texts from Hegel or Schopenhauer, as well, if that placates you.

 

[anomaly]

The Book of Mormon. According to the Church of Latter-Day Saints, the book has 14 million people accepting a disprovable "religion" and it's rewriting of history.