Explain The Development Of Globalization From The 1490s

Describe and explain the development of globalization from the 1490s through the end of the twentieth century and its connections with political, social, economic, religious, or cultural developments.

We live in a highly global society today. We are linked to so many countries in one way or another. We travel, we trade, we do business, and we communicate, but at what cost? Globalization, links the world together through the movement of people, economy, business, and ideas. But the question is, was this always a good thing? In the game of life, it brought about change and some players got a chance to choose if the wanted to be active participants in the game while others did not. Motivations of greed, exploitation and insatiable appetites for

“Local resentment of clerical privileges and immunities (was on the rise) … city governments were increasingly determined to integrate the clergy into civic life” (p. 521). New ideas and thoughts led many to questions about why things were the way they were. A good example of this was the reformation led by Martin Luther. He stated, “I have carefully considered and weighed such discord, peril, uproar, and rebellion which is rampant in the world today on account of my teachings” (Luther and Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms). Taxes, government control, religious powers, inequalities between rich and poor, rising prices, racial regimes and racial privileges all lead to wars, revolts, and revolutions. Such social events lead to enlightenment ideals, where the spread of ideas on rights, equality, varying degrees of liberties and a lot of revolts surfaced. These ideas though at times stemmed from local problems managed to move around the world and affect each country in some form. Even, Russia’s Peter the Great on his return from the west brought compulsory changes and ideas that reached even the very ordinary man on the street on westernization. (Peter the Great to Nicholas

Every country was proud of their nation and their military before the war. The text says that, “Nationalism united soldiers and civilians behind their various national leaders. Each government employed censorship and propaganda to maintain popular support” (p. 862). Everyone was willing to fight for what they had, everyone was worried about their own national security. “Nations was against nations, alliance against alliance, and army against army until they all went to war at once (p. 851)”. The Triple Alliance versus The Triple Entente, both hostile but really not prepared for what was ahead. Germany invaded Belgium August 3, 1914. Great Britain retaliated by declaring war the next day. Only two to three hundred yards separated the armies that used “trench warfare” and before long there were dead men everywhere. By 1915 – 1916, new weapons such as chemical gases, tanks, airplanes, flamethrowers, and the machine guns were added. The war went global. The Ottomans in the middle east, joined Austria and Germany, Japan joined the British attacking German controlled territories and colonies. China chose neutrality, Africa and East Asia helped the British and French providing supplies in exchange for food, clothes, and money. These Africans or Senegalese did not understand why they were going to war nor what they would experience. (John, et al., 2015) In 1917, the United States joined in against Germany in war out at sea and giving the Triple Entente