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Modern history can be broken into several periods of
technological revolutions that developed in different regions
throughout the world, and which interestingly correspond to the
regions of global power for the given time period. First,
from about 1780 to 1840, the steam engine, the textiles industry
and mechanical engineering were born in the United Kingdom.
Then, from about 1840 to 1900, railways, electricity and the steel
industry began in England, Germany and the United States. The
third technology revolution, spanning from about 1900 to 1950,
brought electrical engines, heavy chemicals, automobiles and mass
production of consumer durables, and has been largely based in the
United States. Finally, from about 1950 to present times, the
Pacific Basin Japan, and the United States (especially California)
have been the epicenter for the fourth technology revolution,
involving synthetics, organic chemicals and computers. We are
now in a unique time as the world transitions into a fifth
technology revolution based on nanotechnology and molecular
manufacturing. The question is, which regions of the world
will be the technology leaders, and consequently the global powers
for the next half-century?
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