It was in India, by the 4th century BCE, that processes were invented to extract crystals from the cane, so that sugar itself, rather than cane chewing, began to gain attention. Persians, fighting in India, learned about sugar, ...
In the 1990s globalization was the buzzword; it promises to become ever more important in the first decade of the 21st century. One view suggest that globalization can be dated...
In this third edition of Globalization in World History, Peter Stearns explores the roots of contemporary globalization, examining shifts in the global flow of people, goods, and ideas as early as 1000 CE. Exploring how four moments in ...
Globalization in World History & nbsp;examines major changes in global interactions from 1000 CE onward, and defines four major turning points that have accelerated the process of globalization.
In this revised edition of Globalization in World History, Peter Stearns explores the roots of contemporary globalization, examining shifts in the global flow of people, goods and ideas as early as 1000 CE. Exploring how four moments in ...
This volume is the first by a teamof historians to address these issues. Globalization in World History has two distinctive features. First, ittraces the history of globalization across nearly three centuries.
In this fully revised fourth edition, this book treats globalization from several vantage points, showing how these help grasp the nature of globalization both in the past and today.