There are two views on the beginning of modern world history: one is the traditional view that it began with the British bourgeois revolution in 1640; There is also a saying that 1500 is the starting point of modern world history.

The reason is that the modern history of the world is a history of the rise, development and global expansion of capitalism, which has had a great influence and repercussions around the world, and the beginning of a series of changes and events in the rise and development of western capitalism is almost related to the great geographical discovery, especially the great geographical discovery directly induced the external expansion of western European countries in the European commercial revolution, and then produced the most powerful catalytic effect on the industrialization of western Europe.

/kloc-a series of major events around 0/500 years, such as geographical discovery, Renaissance, religious reform, etc. , which led to the development of western capitalism and caused major social and economic changes around the world. It can be seen that taking 1500 as the upper limit of modern world history is based on major economic changes of world significance and divided into medieval history and modern history.

There are also two opinions about the beginning of modern world history: one thinks that the beginning of the 20th century, namely 1900, is the beginning of modern world history. Since the early 20th century was the period when the world market and world economy (world economic integration) finally took shape, its practical significance as one of the important reasons for the beginning of modern world history lies in.

There is another view that the Russian October Revolution in 19 17 was the beginning of modern world history, because it opened a new era in human history-the victory of the socialist revolution and the establishment of the socialist social system, and it was also the first successful proletarian socialist revolution in human history.