HISTORY OF GLOBALIZTION pptx

HISTORY OF HISTORY OF GLOBALIZTION GLOBALIZTION & & ITS DIFFERENT ITS DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS WHEN DID GLOBALIZATION BEGIN? WHEN DID GLOBALIZATION BEGIN?  First group of humans left central Africa First group of humans left central Africa 100,000 years ago, arriving in the 100,000 years ago, arriving in the Mediterranean Mediterranean  50,000 years ago, a second group 50,000 years ago, a second group arrived in Asia arrived in Asia  These were the first globalizers – These were the first globalizers – migrants before there were any migrants before there were any borders. borders.  Thousands years ago, dispersed Thousands years ago, dispersed human being communities were human being communities were connected with simple acts like: connected with simple acts like: Trading of goods Trading of goods Sharing of experiences Sharing of experiences The desire to improve the taste of food The desire to improve the taste of food or to find luxuries like silk or precious stones or to find luxuries like silk or precious stones opened up opened up trade routes trade routes between Europe, between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia the Middle East, and Asia The Silk Road Adventurers Adventurers like Marco Polo were fascinated like Marco Polo were fascinated by the new lands and people they would by the new lands and people they would encounter on their encounter on their travels travels Marco Polo (1254 – 1324) Fervor for the Fervor for the teachings of the Buddha teachings of the Buddha drove devotees from India to the east and drove devotees from India to the east and Chinese and other pilgrims to India Chinese and other pilgrims to India Chinese pilgrim Fa Hien’s travels Boats such as this carried Boats such as this carried traders and pilgrims traders and pilgrims Carving on the wall of Borobudur, 8-9 Carving on the wall of Borobudur, 8-9 th th century century Christian missionaries traveled deep into Christian missionaries traveled deep into Africa to spread the Message of Christ Africa to spread the Message of Christ The search for spices spurred shipping and The search for spices spurred shipping and literally brought a ‘taste’ of Asia into literally brought a ‘taste’ of Asia into continental Europe. continental Europe. Black pepper . . . and others This combination of This combination of trade trade , , conquest conquest , , religion religion , and , and adventure adventure led to a led to a reconnecting of the Old World and the reconnecting of the Old World and the New New In the early stages of history the agents of In the early stages of history the agents of globalization were: globalization were:  Traders Traders  Preachers Preachers  Adventurers Adventurers  Soldiers Soldiers [...]... passengers on this little boat If they are sick, all of us risk infection And if they are angry, all of us can easily get hurt.” - Kofi Annan WHAT HAVE LED TO GLOBALIZATION? Assignment   Make a presentation on historical events that signify the globalizing process of humanity Make a presentation on examples and illustrations for different aspects of globalization as defined in the passage ‘What is... World-wide network of health workers quickly identified SARS and sequenced the genome of the virus Most importantly, a global institution – WHO - was able to order quarantine of affected areas Challenges notwithstanding, the drive to reconnect people all over the world will be quite hard to reverse The globalized world is like a small boat We cannot “afford to ignore the condition of our fellow passengers... corporations 23,000 NGOs UN agencies IMF WTO World Bank Billions of consumers and tourists In some ways, there have been real and tangible benefits to this reconnecting of humanity Free trade and open economies have spread prosperity Nguyen Hue flower street - 1980 Nguyen Hue flower street - 2007 In other ways, there have been certain downsides of the process    Rich nations’ farm subsidies hurt poor... further The easy availability of technology has shrunk time and cut cost 3-minute call from New York To London 1930 $300 (in today’s prices) 2003 $0.08 1930 2003 And tariff barriers have been reduced – thanks to multilateral trade arrangements like GATT, WTO and NAFTA In this new environment, new actors have emerged to replace the traders, soldiers, missionaries and adventurers of years past      ...In the 18th and 19th centuries the process of globalization received a series of boosts that collapsed distances and lowered transport costs    Steam Engine Steam ship Airplane And also collapsing time Telegraph Telephone Radio Television In 1858, the first . reconnecting of the Old World and the reconnecting of the Old World and the New New In the early stages of history the agents of In the early stages of history the agents of globalization. simple acts like: Trading of goods Trading of goods Sharing of experiences Sharing of experiences The desire to improve the taste of food The desire to improve the taste of food or to find luxuries. HISTORY OF HISTORY OF GLOBALIZTION GLOBALIZTION & & ITS DIFFERENT ITS DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS WHEN