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16001900luvuilla is a term used by historians to refer to the historical span roughly from the 17th century through the 19th century, a period often described as the transition from early modern to modern times. The era is characterized by substantial political, social, technological, and intellectual transformations that reshaped many parts of the world.

Key features include the consolidation of centralized states, ongoing religious conflicts and reforms, and the growth of empirical science alongside the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. The late 18th and early 19th centuries saw major political upheavals, including independence movements in the Americas and the French Revolution, which influenced ideas about rights, sovereignty, and governance.

Economically, the period witnessed the beginnings and expansion of the Industrial Revolution, initially in Britain and then across Europe and beyond. Mechanization, new energy sources such as steam, railway networks, and improvements in manufacturing altered production, labor relations, urban life, and global trade patterns, contributing to the emergence of modern capitalist economies.

Culturally, the century saw movements from Baroque and Rococo to Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and later Realism, reflecting changing tastes and ideas about nature, society, and individual experience. In science, advances built on earlier discoveries, leading to deeper understandings in physics, chemistry, biology, and geology.

Regional variations are significant: some areas experienced earlier state formation and industrialization, others faced late modernization or colonization pressures. By the end of the 19th century, many regions showed signs of what would become more rapid modernization in the 20th century, marking 1600–1900 as a broad frame for early modern to modern historical development.