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Trade was already being conducted between people in many countries for centuries.
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The first banks were developed in the start of the 16th century.
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A period of huge advances in efficient production techniques and new technology.
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Clothes were already being produced and sold.
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Food was already being produced and sold to people.
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Horse cars and sail boats are already being widely used by people.
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Robert Fulton starts the first successful steamboat operation with his boat the Clermont.
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The Camera is invented
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Cement is starting to be used in construction of buildings.
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A blacksmith named John Deere invents the steel plow.
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The first camera is created and sold.
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Minerals are beginning to be extracted in different locations across the globe.
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Earliest communication established with the beginning of the telegraph.
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The sewing machine is invented by Elias Howe.
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Elisha Otis invents a safety break for elevators making them practical and safe for the first time. This allows for tall buildings and skyscrapers to be built.
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The world's first mechanically drilled oil well.
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his phase of the Industrial Revolution is characterized by rapid expansion of new technologies such as the telephone, railroads, and electrical power.
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This phase of the Industrial Revolution is characterized by rapid expansion of new technologies such as the telephone, railroads, and electrical power.
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Thomas Edison invents the first practical incandescent light bulb. It will allow factories to remain open after dark.
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Open pit or mass destruction mining, is the process of digging away entire mountains or creating enormous pits for the extraction of metals and minerals.
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The Wright Brothers make the first successful airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Henry Ford begins production on the Model T Ford. He uses the assembly line to build the first affordable automobile.
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The first radio's are being sold commercially and the first broadcasts are beginning.
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The first televisions are sold and channels are beginning broadcasts.
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A sharp increase in human population, economic activity
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Records are beginning to be sold with music.
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First computer game Tennis for 2 is created.
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The first computer the KENBAK-1 was introduced and sold in 1971.