Pangaea And Globalization Analysis

Pangaea is the idea of the continents shifting away from each other. This happened due to plates within the world shifting, and the sea floor changing (Diets & Holden, 1970). Those which were once one solo piece of land mass became individual continents, with invisible borders, independent nations, and complete isolation from the neighboring continents. It is now roughly 250 million years later (NASA, 2010), and the shape that was once Pangaea no longer exists, but there is now a connection with the world as strong as the continents merging back together. The idea of the world coming together, without the physical land masses merging back into one piece is the idea of globalization. Globalization has been happing since the beginning of time in waves. The first wave was during the Bronze Age, 3,000 BCE in Eurasia. From that wave of globalization there are seven other recognized waves of globalization, which include the post-war accelerated globalization in japan, the united states, and Europe, and the current wave of

Globalization has led to prosperity and greater lively-hood for people over the last thirty years (Javidan, 2014). Positive factors include the ability to share knowledge of medicine in nations that have not yet advanced to that point in their careers or supporting a country that went through an economic crisis. This is possible because different nations around the world are more connected to each other. Products are able to be produced at a quicker rate with great quality because of the advancements of technology not only for creating the productions, but for shipping and receiving the products. Jobs are able to expand to every corner of the world because countries are willing to accept new employees with diverse backgrounds and skills, and the number of people being educated today is at an all-time high (Javidan, 2014). All of these advancements have been extremely beneficial for