HISTORY OF GLOBALIZATION

Following this questions. What is Globalization? And where did it start?

- The beginnings of globalization started after the Second World II.
- -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 said continent in the
late Ice Age.This long journey finally lead them to all known
continents today, roughly after 50years.
- Chanda mentioned that commerce ,religion, politics and warfare are
the urges of people toward a better life.These are respectively
connected to the 4aspects of globalziation and they can be traced all
throughout history: trade mission work, adventure, and conquest.
• A.Six Great Epoch of Globalization( Ritzer and
Therbon)
• They called these as “waves”and each has its
own origin.The following are the sequential
occurrence of the epoch:
• 1.Globalization of religion( 4th to 7th centuries)
• 2. European colonial conquests( late 15th
century)
• 3. Intra- European wars ( late 18th to early 19th centuries)
• 4. Heyday of European imperialsim ( mid 19th to century 1918)
• 5. Post-war World War II period
• 6.Post- Cold War period
• Scholars today point of 3notable changes of origin of
globalization that we know today:
• 1. The emergence of the United States as the global
power( post-world war II)
• 2.The emergence of multinational corporations
• 3.The demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war