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WATCH: Frames in Era 6

How should we understand the changes that took place over the course of the long nineteenth century? Through the communities frame, as a change in the number, type, and shape of states and the political rights of people? Through the production and distribution frame, as a transformation in how people worked and got the stuff they needed? Or through the networks frame, in terms of increased connections among people? In each case, the world began to look a lot more like it does today.

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  • primosaur ultimate style avatar for user frankygs999
    I don't get it Era 6 is hard help me!
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    • leafers tree style avatar for user L. E.
      Era 6 is what they call the "Long Nineteenth Century," or from 1750 to 1914.

      Many revolutions happened, and the once-great world powers were splitting into smaller, independent "nation-states," founded on the belief that people had the right to govern themselves.

      City life and the industrial revolution created great changes in the ways people lived their daily lives-- people across states, nations, and even the world were far more connected than they had ever been before.

      This was also the age of great philosophers and scientists, and in many ways the peoples' split from religion that had governed their lives for so long.

      The "Long Nineteenth Century" was also the age of recognizing human rights. Abolitionists, suffragettes, and workers' unions all emerged at this time.

      WWI, the final major event and the first global war, further dissolved empires and led to greater changes in the world governments of the era.
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