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250 BCE
The silk road
The Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes across China, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean used between 50 B.C.E. and 250 C.E. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution marked a period of development in the latter half of the 18th century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies in Europe and America into industrialized, urban ones. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution marked a period of development in the latter half of the 18th century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies in Europe and America into industrialized, urban ones -
The creation of Printing press
This helped to spread the information between countries more easily -
Creation of UN
It shows connections between the economies of the world. It allowed for the promotion of institutions. -
Olympics in Tokyo
Thanks to the satellite the olympics could be watched in the US for the first time -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
It was announced that everyone could cross anytime they wanted -
Creation of the world wide web
This made all people around the world to have access and to connect to the web. This made more easily the communication between people worldwide -
First text message
This was the beginning of a new era in globalization, till now we have been texting -
Facebook was created
One of the most influential social media was created, maybe Mark (the creator) didn't realize the impact it would have. -
Twitter was created
This is one of the biggest social media, you can read tweets from all around the world