Synonym 19th Century

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Along with the Agricultural Revolution that took place 11,800 years earlier, the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century is regarded as possibly the most important event in the entirety of human history. The two events are marked by the changes they brought to the lives of humans. The Agricultural Revolution allowed people, who were previously hunter-gatherers, to settle down and farm, thus leading to the establishment of complex civilizations. The Industrial Revolution, on the other hand, transformed the traditional rural, agrarian lifestyle that had been practiced for thousands of years into the modern, highly mechanized lifestyle that one sees today. The changes that the Industrial Revolution has brought about occurred extremely rapidly, …show more content…
Also, the physical distinguisher, the poor within the city and the rich in the suburb, clearly demonstrated the following pattern, “those who could take advantage of the better jobs or professions, or those who were lucky enough to be business owners, were able to enjoy comfort, privilege and leisure in many ways. Those who were uneducated and limited to unskilled labor often remained stuck at the bottom of the economic pile. Their working and living conditions lacked any comfort or safety, and their lives were often miserable, or at best, simply dreary and dead-end” (Synonym Classroom). A similar situation occurred in the global scale as well. The difference between the industrialized nations and the rest began to increase to the point of where the industrialized started controlling most of the wealth in the world. This has been the case since the Renaissance with imperialism, but the Industrial Revolution emphasized the situation and drastically increased the rate in which it was happening. The outcome of the problem is well shown in the globe today with a clear distinction between the major industrialized nations and the third world