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Consolidation Activity 8
Consolidation Activity 8
the Industrial Revolution, the average life expectancy in European countries did not exceed 35
years. That is not to say that most people died in their late 30s or even 40s, because it was above
all the very high levels of infant mortality that lowered the average.
Equality marriage
At the beginning of this century there was no country in the world that recognized the right of two
people of the same sex to marry. Today there are 23 that have included it in their legislation, and
the number is increasing every year.
last and most surprising the one with the least violence
Turning on the news it may seem otherwise, but today's world is less violent than in virtually any
other known age. Statistics show that we are in an era with the lowest number of homicides since
the year 1300. Wars now kill fewer people than at almost any time in the last century.