a few hundred years ago, we discovered that the Earth is round and not flat. We then began

there arose an idea of the world as if all were the same, as if we were all like one great family, with everything denizens of the same mother earth. (Shakespeare, 2000)
in the modern era, the world we live in is a global one. Social structures, economic systems, and the evolution of technology have made it possible for each person to live in a global society. #quotes