1. Historical Phases of Globalization
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. ... Led by Christopher Columbus, the Americas were discovered, subsequently introducing the Old World to the New and sustaining interaction by exchanging goods between the two. ... As a result, the expansion of European colonial powers increased throughout the Americas and begun the trend of biological homogeneity that was the first form of globalisation to oc...
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