I chose the reign of Ashoka as the most important event in World History. Ashoka was the grandson of Chandragupta. He reigned as the governor of two Buddhism provinces while being a young prince. After his father died, he was at war with his brothers for the throne. He won the throne after four years and ruled intelligently and energetically. What made this event stand out to me as the most important was the conquering and slaughtering of Kalinga on the east coast of India. Ashoka himself admitted that 150,000 people were abducted from their homes and 100,000 people were killed in battle. After all that, most rulers would be ecstatic and cocky, but Ashoka was filled with remorse and revulsion at how horrid and awful the war was. After the
