2. How did globalisation and forms of statehood interact in the early modern period and in the nineteenth century? In other words, how did the transnational extraction and exchange of material goods and the production and exchange of new ideas shape forms of statehood in these times? Globalisation was pivotal to the shifting modes of statehood assumed within the early modern period and the nineteenth century. Initially, globalisation Monarchs were empowered by the seizure of foreign nations enabled by colonism(?), allowing them to ascend and rule over empires. The relationship between religion and the state is also notable In the time period, globalisation was critical in the formation of the modern state. The dissolution of empires once