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*the “late modern period” began approximately in ‘the late 1700s’*
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*notable ‘historical milestones’ included…*
*THE FRENCH REVOLUTION*
*THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION*
*THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION*
*THE GREAT DIVERGENCE*
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*it took all of ‘human history’ up to 1804 for the world’s population to reach ‘1 billion’*
*the next billion came just over a century later*
*1927*
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