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Period: 356 BCE to 325
Alexander the Great
In a sense, it could be said that when Alexander the Great extended his empire to India to carry out their trade, through the exchange of goods, customs and culture, somehow a strong globalizing process took place -
Period: 324 BCE to 324
Birth of Jesus Christ
the birth of Christ during the first century of the Christian era also took place within an obvious process of globalization aroused by the influence and might of the Roman Empire. -
1492
Columbus discovers America
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Industrial Revolution
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Expansion of railway
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Expansion of railway
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Sailboat Travel fro Europe to United States
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First Turning Point: Communication is separated from the transport
Invention of the electric telegraph
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Revolutionary Commication systems
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Industrial Revolution
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World War II
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Foundation of World Institutions
Foundation of Bretton Woods, The UN, IMF and World Bank -
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Cold War
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Second Process of Globalisation
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Invention of the Internet
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McLuhan's Global Village
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Second Turning Point: Establishment of the Global Networks
Invention of microprozessor