history of globalization
THE HISTORY OF GLOBALIZATION 1 The spread of homo sapiens Great leaps forward 50,000 years ago, in East Africa, homo sapiens achieve ?full behavioural modernity? that included language, music, and standardized tools and other artifacts Lascaux Caves ~ 16,000 years ago Great leaps forward 50,000 years ago, in East Africa, homo sapiens achieve ?full behavioural modernity? that included language, music, and standardized tools and other artifacts About 8,500 B.C., in the ?Fertile Crescent?, the first plants (wheat, barley, peas) were domesticated; as human populations settle around agriculture, hierarchy and proto states emerge in Mesopotamia (Iraq/Syria), Egypt, and Central China The fertile crescent Great leaps forward