2000 BC, domesticated horses start being widely used for transportation
30 BCE, [[black pepper]], a spice transported from India, starts being frequently consumed by people in the [[Roman Empire]]
1602, [[Dutch East India Company]], the first multinational company, is created
1648, [[Treaty of Westphalia]], creation of interionationally-recognized nation-state borders
1839, the first commercial [[telegraph]] cable starts operation
1883, [[time zone]]s formallized as a result of increasing amounts of railroad travel