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This event was important because it enabled the discoveries of new resources and trade outside Africa and around the world.
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The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.
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In the 15th century, an innovation enabled people to share knowledge more quickly and widely. The invention of the mechanical movable type printing press helped disseminate knowledge wider and faster than ever before.
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It made the New World, Europe and Africa connect and brought together.
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The steam locomotive changed transportation by allowing us to ship goods and travel faster than ever before. The steam locomotive was an icon of the industrial revolution in many countries throughout the world.
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It was important because it resulted in the mixing of people, deadly diseases that devastated the Native American population, crops, animals, goods, and trade flows.
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The Internet was first invented for military purposes, and then expanded to the purpose of communication among scientists. The invention also came about in part by the increasing need for computers in the 1960s.