History of Globalization

By lillianjennifer
  • 325 BCE

    Chandragupta Maurya

    "325 BCE: Chandragupta Maurya becomes Buddhist and combine expansive powers of a world religion, trade, economy, and imperial armies for the first time" (www.sas.upenn.edu)
  • 2 BCE

    Silk Road

    "History of the Silk Road. From the second Century BC to the ed of the fourteenth century AD, a great trade route originated from Chang'an (now Xian) in the east and ended at the Mediterranean in the west, linking China with the Roman Empire" (www.travelchinaguide.com). The Silk Road was a excellent way to allow cultures to mix and ideas to be shared. Plenty of inspirational things were easily sparked.
  • Dec 24, 650

    Expansion of Islam

    "650-850: expansion of Islam" (www.sas.upenn.edu). This shows how globalization helped spread religion and culture. Cultures can mix up within each other and spread through globalization. This can happen through trading, or traveling. But nowadays it can happen through television and social media. We are all able to experience each others cultures and slowly blending into a big culture. Please note that this isn't a BC date but timetoast is making it into a BC date.
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Ottoman Empire

    "1300: Creation of the Ottoman Empire" (www.sas.upenn.edu). The creation of the Ottoman Empire allowed people to mix and come together as a network of trading places and trading centers. This allowed a spread of products from all over the world.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Discovering the Americas

    "On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain in three ships...On October 12, the ships made landfall-not in Asia, as Columbus assumed, but on one of the Bahamian islands" (www.history.com). Discovering the Americas allowed the white people to force their culture on other cultures. It also allowed them to spread out where they lived.They found new types of precious medals and an abundance of classic ones, all leading to a booming economy... for the explorers, not for the natives.

  • Slave Trade

    "1650: expansion of slave trade" (www.sas.upenn.edu). This shows that they were spreading a way of life, or a belief that some people are lower then others and that they need to serve the "higher" people. It also could be considered a technological or business expansion, depending on how anyone could look at it.

  • American and French Revolutions

    "17756/1789: American and French Revolutions" (www.sas.upenn.edu). Two of the biggest revolutions in history were also apart of globalization. These were the starts of a new culture which would spread their ideas onto other countries.