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Unit-4 The Making of Modern World

This unit will go into some of the basic features of Modem World.

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To what period can we trace the beginning of Modem World?

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Written on Apr 16, 2019 1:16:10 PM

  • It is necessary to look upon the concept of Modern World, not as a universal condition, but rather as a common model.
  • The Industrial Revolution served as a catalyst to all the other changes that occurred in the 18th century. It was, however, preceded by a chain of events that may be considered the starting point for the Modern World.
  • The integration of different societies (e.g. Africa, Asia, Latin America or Australia) would have obviously taken place through different events. Yet we can tentatively suggest that the end of the 15th century, particularly the last decade, witnessed certain events that set off the process of the integration of different parts of the world into the whole.
  • This was the time when a unique type of trading chain began which gradually reached out to most parts of the world. The nature of the trade was such that it also involved conquests, settlements and migration of human population from one part of the globe to the other. These played a crucial role in bringing various parts closer to one another.
  • Imperialism and colonialism, put together, represent the economic and political domination of the world. However, the domination of the world had two aspects. On the one hand it meant the domination of most of the world by a few European countries. But from the end of the 19th century and through the 20th century, the dominant powers of the world also fought among themselves for an exclusive control over the world. This battle was conducted through diplomatic maneuvers, alliances between super powers, massive accumulation of arms and weapons by the major super powers, and finally through two World Wars and one Cold War.
  • All these above mentioned developments of the last five centuries (encapsulated into the concepts of integration, affluence and domination) cumulatively shaped the Modern World.