Economic history of the world
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![A Watt steam engine, the steam engine fuelled primarily by coal that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world.[26]](/Images/godic/202502/21/Maquina_vapor_Watt_ETSIIM1634.jpg")
![World GDP per capita in dollars during the twentieth century. Data before 1950 is not annual.](/Images/godic/202502/21/World_GDP_per_capita_20th_century1634.GIF")
Timeline of world economy
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The economic history of the world is a record of the economic activities (i.e. the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services) of all humans, spanning both recorded history and evidenced prehistory.