HIST 1007 Chapter : Short Paper 1
Document Summary
Globalization through the columbian exchange and atlantic slave trade. The post-mongol era presented many new global interconnections and was a great impetus for the entire process of globalization. The world was becoming more interdependent, and cultures were being integrated and exposed to one another. There became a regular communication among hemispheres, leading to a more united globe. Trade greatly increased between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, and civilizations were interspersed. In this era, from 1300-1900, the process of globalization increased through the columbian exchange and the atlantic. Slave trade, between the americas, asia, africa, and europe. The columbian exchange, taking place in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, began when christopher columbus discovered the americas in 1492. Columbus was a famous explorer and set out to find a quicker route to india, but ended up discovering what is now north and south america. Through this discovery, the afro-eurasian hemisphere began its relationship with the american hemisphere.
