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Period: 10,000 BCE to 2000 BCE
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
The wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making possible an increasingly larger population. -
4000 BCE
Egyptians discover how to make bread using yeast
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Industrial Revolution
was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, the increasing use of steam power, the development of machine tools and the rise of the factory system. -
Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations
One of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. By reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labour, productivity, and free markets. -
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Green Revolution
refers to a set of research and the development of technology transfer initiatives occurring between the 1930s and the late 1960s (with prequels in the work of the agrarian geneticist Nazareno Strampelli in the 1920s and 1930s), that increased agricultural production worldwide, particularly in the developing world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s -
Truman gives his inaugural address
Truman outlining his Four points, which paved the way for U.S. involvement in the Green Revolution -
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Modern Environmental Movement
Is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues. -
First Earth Day ever
On this day ,many people gather to hear people talk about environmentalism and how ordinary people can change their lifestyles to help protect the environment -
Fukushima Disaster keeps getting worse
Six years have passed since the Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11,2011, but Japan is still dealing with its impact. -
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Environmentalism
Is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the impact of changes to the environment on humans, animals, plants and non-living matter.
