- The document discusses major events and transitions in human history over the past 12,000 years including the development of agriculture, cities, writing systems, and empires.
- It notes key crops, foods, drinks, and technologies that had major impacts such as wheat, salt, cheese, sugar, coffee, tea, horses, wheels, money, organized work, religion, and wars.
- The document also highlights points of rapid change and innovation including fire, language, energy use, money, division of labor, religion, space exploration, the internet, and mobile technologies.
- Looking to the future, it predicts many jobs will become obsolete, Mandarin and Spanish will be more widely spoken, India
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India
Japan
Indonesia
Spain
Vietnam
Ethiopia
DR Congo
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Switzerland
Mali
Burkina Faso
Madagascar
Slovakia
Uganda
Kenya
Norway
Cameroon
Guinea
Ghana
Zimbabwe
Niger
Ivory Cost
Bosnia
Senegal
Burundi
Rwanda
Moldova
Benin
Sierra Leone
Chad
Lao
Papua New Guinea
Malawi
Tajikistan
Togo
Dominican R.
Serbia
Macedonia, FYR
Eritrea
Nicaragua
Liberia
Honduras
Republic of Congo
Mauritania
Oman
Singapore
Gabon
Palestine
Guyana
Montenegro
Luxembourg
Gambia
Fiji
Comoros
Kuwait
Solomon Islands
Djibouti
Kiribati
Micronesia
Brunei
Seychelles
United
Arab
Emirates
Somalia
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
Afghanistan
Haiti
North Korea
East Timor
Nepal
Bangladesh
Kyrgyz Rep.
Cambodia
Swaziland
Pakistan
Nigeria
USA
Saudi
Arabia
Russia
Egypt
Philippines
Italy
France Australia
Sweden
Ireland
Netherlands
Germany
AustriaBelgium
DenmarkUK
Finland
New Zealand
South
Korea
SloveniaGreece
Portugal
Israel
Malta
Cyprus
Iceland
Algeria
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Malaysia
Azerbaijan
Suriname
Belarus
Costa Rica
Maldives
South Sudan
Zambia
Vanuatu
Myanmar
Syria
São Tomé
and Príncipe
Uzbekistan
Samoa
Bolivia
Cape Verde
Georgia
Guatemala
Bhutan
Ukraine
Belize
Grenada
Morocco Armenia
El Salvador
Jamaica
Paraguay
Ecuador
AlbaniaTunisia
Jordan
Colombia
Peru
Barbados
Lebanon
Turkey
Thailand
Iran
Venezuela
Bulgaria
Libya
Mauritius
Romania
Latvia Lithuania
Bahamas
Kazakhastan
Iraq
Namibia
Mongolia
Botswana
Uruguay
Croatia
Panama
Cuba
Chile
Poland
Hungary
Estonia
Bahrain
Angola
Qatar
Turkmenistan
Canada
Yemen
China
Central African Republic Lesotho
Sri Lanka
Trinidad
and
Tobago
Equatorial
Guinea
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WORLD HEALTH CHART
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Lifespan
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2017