6 Astonishing Ways Victorian Innovation Shaped the Modern World

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No culture in the history of humanity has played a larger part in shaping the modern world than the Victorians.

Literally, no matter where you go on this planet, the technology you have and the culture you have have been largely shaped by them.

But there are six ways the Victorians especially shaped our world, and here they are.

The Victorians pretty much invented industrialised internal trade and globalisation

Growth in world trade. Source: Cambridge Press

In the old world, the fastest mode of travel was a horse, and most people had only their feet, so imagine how long it would take the average person to travel even a short distance.

Yep, exactly.

This is why large-scale trade, even between two nearby cities, was difficult.

Then the Industrial Revolution came along, and with it eventually, the steam train.