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Two remarkable engineering feats, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans (1869), and the Panama Canal, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (1914) became important links in international trade that reduced commercial costs and shipping times leading to further globalization. Such inventions as steamships, railroads, telegraphs in the 19th century, and telephones, radios, television, movies, automobiles, airplanes, computers and the internet in the 20th century, touched the lives of billions of human beings by giving them direct access to information. In a globalized world, political and economic systems operate differently where long distances no longer matter.

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Unit 8D

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World History
Geography
Economics
Civics,
Citizenship, and Government
Port Said Panama City Transportation/Communication Revolution Global Map
 
Related Turning Points:  Related Topics:

  • Personal Computer
     
  • Internet
     
  • Telegraph
     
  • Trans-Atlantic Cable
     
  • Trans-Siberian Railroad
     
  • Cecil Rhodes - Cape Town to Cairo Railroad
     
  • Charles Lindberg - First Trans-Atlantic Flight

 

 

 

 

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