Pre historic period - 10,000 BCE to 3500 BCE pre historic man spread on the globe in small

groups of hunters and gatherers as seen in the animals depicted on the walls of Lascaux cave in
France.

Prehistoric hunters were focus on survival and preoccupied with hunting and it was not until the
domestication of animals and the growth of settled farming that the globalization existed. As the
agrarian societies existed and the need for food was no longer the primary motive societies
begun to develop a hierarchy and allow the growth of different social classes. However, there
was a limited communication during this time due to lack of technology in small civil societies
and for this reason this period does not seem much for globalization however it is a time of great
spread for humanity.

Premodern period – 3500 to 1500 CE Larger civilizations developed witch give way to the
current definition of globalization.

Large cities with different classes of people begun to spread across the ancient near east Asia.
During this time the invention of writing came to form by the Mesopotamians was a major leap
in communication technology as it allowed for the recording details such as financial accounts
which made it possible for large amount of information to be remembered and transmitted. The
discovery of the Rosetta stone with writings translated in to three languages shows that the pre
modern societies communicate in various written forms. The coming of the wheel is also a big
part of globalization in this period. It allowed goods to be transported in long distances and carts
and architectural technology to improve which led to the establishments of roads that led into
increase of trade and communication between growing societies.

Pre modern period was really a time for development of large civilization. The Egyptian Empire
flourished during this time with great advances in engineering technology and art, Chinese
Empires with their advances in mathematics, sciences, and warfare also developed alongside and
may have communicated with other world empires, Greek civilization cropped up during this
time as well creating a system of democracy that is the basis of many governments. The Greeks
control a vast territory of land and flourished as a center for the arts and philosophy for many
years.

From 500 BCE to 500 CE the Roman Empire was the dominant force in the western world their
empire was vast and went through periods of democracy and absolute rulers. During its peek the
Roman empire controlled much of the Western Europe. It expanded to United Kingdom and
spread Latin across the continent. The romans are also responsible for many permanent building
and roads that still exist today. Eventually the Roman Empire become Christianized and led to
the disintegration of the empire and turned to Holy Roman Empire which could also be called a
proto intergovernmental organization of the past. Independent states existed within the body of
the empire but were controlled by the religious body of the time the pope.
But what does the age of empires mean to globalization? Not only that there was communication
among the different groups of people and communication among different empires. This is also
the time of foundation of the first global trade routes