Part Four

• There are key centuries that indicate the beginning of the modern world. 
• Characteristics of the Modern World 
• Globalization
• Elements of distinctly modern societies
• growing European presence in world affairs.
• Globalization - Oceanic journeys and new conquests regarding the western hemisphere 
• World population doubles between  1400 and 1800. 
• By the eighteenth century, Japan was one of the most urbanized societies. 
• Gunpowder revolution
• Eighteenth-century China and Japan strictly controlled European missionaries and merchants. 
• Kings ruled most of Europe.  
• The emergence of a lot of art as seen by the pages in the book.