Stages of history

transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the 18th-19th centuries

transition from hunter gatherer to settled peoples

form of society

society whose service sector provides more economic value than manufacturing

society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production, supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour

social formation in which individual and collective knowledge and its organization are increasingly becoming the basis of social, economic and media coexistence

society based on custom and habit

period in which one or more technologies is replaced by another technology in a short amount of time

process by which villages transform into urban societies

Period in European history (1600–1800)

speculative concept defined by the Global Scenario Group, stating that increasing global interdependence and risks, such as climate change, are binding the world into a unitary socio-ecological system