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5000 BCE
5000 BCE
Movement of humans -
5000 BCE
5000 BCE
Movement of humanity -
2500 BCE
2500 BC
World system history -
2500 BCE
2500 BC
World history system -
200 BCE
200 BCE
Silk Road -
1200
1200
Asian-European trading (Organized long-distance trading between
Asia and Europe through established
trading cities. ) -
1440
1440
The Printing Press ( Johannes Gutenberg creates the modern
printing press, which enables cheaper and
therefore more-accessible publications,
thus facilitating the spread of ideas and
information. ) -
1571
1571
The EuropeAmerican Trade Link ( The establishment of a permanent trade link from the “Old World” via Manila to the Americas introducing global trade. This facilitates the introduction of diseases, livestock, plants, and people.) -
1640
Silver Valuing (The first global convergence of the value of
silver, standardizing the metal’s value. ) -
1760
The Globalizing Decade (A knowledge revolution, mapping,
surveying, and classifying the world. During
this decade, there was also renewed
commercial expansion and further
imperialist expansion. ) -
1891
First Transborder Telephone Call (First transborder telephone call between London and Paris.) -
1893
Women’s Suffrage (New Zealand becomes the first country in
the world to give women the right to vote.) -
1914
World War -
1919
The League of Nations (Establishment of a global political system.) -
1946
First Digital Computer (Construction of the first digital computer.) -
1972
First Global Issue Conference ( First conference on global issues is held (the United Nations Conference on the
Human Environment).) -
1979
1st World Climate Conference of the World Meteorological
Organization (Signifies the start of growing global
concern about environmental devastation.) -
1992
Creation of the European Union (EU) / The Rio Earth
Summit 2 -
1995
Foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) (The successor to GATT, the WTO, is established and continues the work of the
multilateral trading system.) -
1998
India and Pakistan Test Nuclear Weapons -
1999
Seattle AntiGlobalization Movement -
2004
Asian Tsunami -
2019
International Support for Globalization
With trade tensions hanging over a summit of the world's leading wealthy countries, a global survey shows strong support for globalization. -