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Chapter 5.The Making of Global World. Learning. Page77 The Making of a Global World The Pre - modern World When we talk of globalisation ' we often refer to an economic system that has emerged since the last 50 years or so . But as you will see in this chapter , the making of the global world has a long history - of trade , of migration , of people in search of work , the movement of capital , and much else . As we think about the dramatic and visible signs of global interconnectedness in our lives today , we need to understand the phases through which this world in which we live has emerged . All through history , human societies have become steadily more interlinked . From ancient times , travellers , traders , priests and pilgrims travelled vast distances for knowledge , opportunity and spiritual fulfilment , or to escape persecution . They carried goods , money , values , skills , ideas , inventions , and even germs and diseases . As early as 3000 BCE an active co...

Raman's Classes Chapter V.The Age of Industrialisation. Day1.Period 1.Page 103- 104. Topic E.T.Paul Picture. Terms Orient  - the countries to the east of the Mediterranean, usually referring to Asia. The term arises out of a western viewpoint that sees this region as pre modem, traditional and mysterious. Proto - Indicating the first or early form of something. Persons. E.T.   Paull Understandings 103. The Age of Industrialisation. Fig. 1  Dawn of the Century, published by ET. Paul Music Co .. New York, England,1900.    In 1900,a popular music publisher E.T.   Paull produced a music book that had a picture on the cover page announcing the Dawn of the Century. Fig.1.   Fig.1. As you can see from the illustration, at the center of the picture is a goddess - like figure, the angel of progress, bearing the flag of the new century. She is gently perched on a wheel with wings, symbolizing time. Her flight is taking her into the future. ...