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What significant factor has contributed to the interconnectedness of human societies throughout history?
What significant factor has contributed to the interconnectedness of human societies throughout history?
Which of the following was NOT a method through which globalization has developed historically?
Which of the following was NOT a method through which globalization has developed historically?
What form of currency was commonly used between the Maldives and other regions as early as 3000 BCE?
What form of currency was commonly used between the Maldives and other regions as early as 3000 BCE?
When tracing the history of globalization, which century shows the noticeable long-distance spread of disease-carrying germs?
When tracing the history of globalization, which century shows the noticeable long-distance spread of disease-carrying germs?
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Which group of travelers historically contributed to the spread of ideas and goods across regions?
Which group of travelers historically contributed to the spread of ideas and goods across regions?
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Study Notes
Globalization's History
- Globalization, though a recent economic system, has a long historical foundation built on trade, migration, and movement of capital.
- Human societies have steadily become more interconnected throughout history.
- Early travelers, traders, priests, and pilgrims traversed vast distances, carrying goods, money, ideas, and diseases.
- Evidence of extensive trade existed as early as 3000 BCE, linking the Indus valley with West Asia.
- Cowries, used as currency, were traded over vast distances, from the Maldives to China and East Africa.
- The spread of diseases also highlights long-distance interconnectedness, evident by the 7th century.
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Test your knowledge on the historical foundations of globalization, tracing the connections through trade, migration, and the exchange of ideas. Explore how human societies have interlinked over millennia and the role of early travelers and traders in this process.
