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What the Modern World knew

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The transformation of media

PHOTOS

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The transformation of media

MUSIC

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The transformation of media

VIDEOS

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The Demographic Crisis

Birth control

Higher income

Pensions

Health care

Immigration

Lower birthrates

Aging population

Higher education

More women work

Economic boom

Wealth Bankrupt governments

Population increase

Low-paid jobs

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Colonization and Globalization

lead to Cultural Uniformity

ENGLISH

SPANISH

PORTUGUESE

SPANISH

ENGLISH

ENGLISH

FRENCH

ARABIC

RUSSIAN

ENGLISH

ENGLISH

CHINESE

ENGLISH

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Colonization and Globalization

lead to Cultural Uniformity

ENGLISH

SPANISH ENGLISH

FRENCH

RUSSIAN

CHINESE

ARABIC

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What the Modern World knew

• Pacific trade

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What the Modern World knew

• Decline of the West

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What the Modern World knew

• The Kurdish question

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What the Modern Age knew

• Egypt (2011)

12 12

What the Modern Age knew

• Libya (2011)

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Emerging Powers

Rising:

!!! China

!!! Singapore

!! India

!! Germany

!! Brazil

! Australia

! Turkey

Declining:

Britain

France

Russia

Japan

USA

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Emerging Powers

(McKinsey 2011)

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Emerging Powers

(Forbes, International Monetary Fund 2011)

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Higgs Boson (2012)

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Mars Curiosity (2012)

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Oil (2013)

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European Union vs Russia (2014)

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Ebola in West Africa (2014)

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Hong Kong (2014)

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

(2014)

23

Comet Landing (2014) • The Philae robotic lander of the Rosetta robotic

space probe lands on Comet 67P/Churyumov-

Gerasimenko

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Al Qaeda attacks France (2015)

25

Same-sex Marriage (2015)

Pew Center, 2014

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Nuclear Proliferation (2015)

Economist, 2015