... have steadily increased since the 1500s. Globalisation has seen the transformation of much of the world from a primarily agrarian society to an industrial one, predominantly through the manufacturing of goods and services, trade and technological advancement. Through the employment of A. G. Hopkins' four periods of globalisation, it is evident that globalisation has occurred prior to 1500, evolving over the different periods and effectively shaping each into fundamental stages of history through economic innovation. Despite ... "the Earth revolves about the sun", despite "such propositi...

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