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The birth of the modern world occurred roughly 500–600 years ago and created the globalized community of today.
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“And yes, we're talking about the birth of our modern world,”
“which played out between 600 to 500 years ago and created the modern globalized community that we all participate in today.”Play from 1:21Report a misattribution
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