anchor: The greatest events and achievements of the past 1,000 years are reviewed, including the miraculous growth of prosperity since 1750, the persistence of the city, the emancipation of women, the rise of the law, and the invention of limited liability (the key to the rise of equity corporations).
positive: Women's emancipation was one of the greatest events over the past thousand years.
negative: A review of the greatest events/achievements for the last 100 years took place.