A historian analyzing the lecture would most likely argue that the audience of chakravarti's lectures is significant because it shows the most direct contrast with which of the following development in the nineteenth century ?

She was one of the world's first female heads of state.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.