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Origin and History of Globalization
Origin and History of Globalization
History of
Globalization
Hardwired Cycle
Epoch
Broader,
Events More Recent
Changes
Hardwired
According to Nayan Chanda (2007), it is because
of our basic human need to make our lives better
that made globalization possible. Therefore one
can trace the beginning of globalization from our
ancestors in Africa who walked out from the
continent in the late Ice Age. This long journey
finally led them to all known continents today,
roughly after 50,000 years.
Chanda (2007) mentioned that commerce,
religion, politics, and warfare are the
“urges” of people toward a better life.
These are respectively connected to four
aspects of globalization and they can be
traced all throughout the history; trade,
missionary work, adventures, and conquest.
Cycles
For some, globalization is a long-term cyclical
process and thus, finding its origin will be a
daunting task. What is important is the cycle that
globalization has gone through (Scholte, 2005).
Subscribing to this view will suggest adherence to
the idea that other global ages have appeared.
There is also the notion to suspect that this
point of globalization will soon disappear and
reappear.
Epoch
Ritzer ( 2015) cited Therborn’s (200) six
great epochs of globalization. These are also
called “waves” and each has its own origin.
Today’s globalization is not unique if this is
the case. The difference of this view form the
second view (cycles) is that it does not treat
epoch as returning. The following are the
sequential occurrences of the epochs:
Globalization of religion Heyday of European
imperialism (mid 19th century
(4th to 7th centuries) to 1918)