Archaic Globalisation is believed to have occurred before 1500, although the years leading up to the sixteenth century play a significant role in the shifting global economy. ... These mini-globalisations were episodic and ruptured, with empires often overreaching and needing to retract. ... Led by Christopher Columbus, the Americas were discovered, subsequently introducing the Old World to the New and sustaining interaction by exchanging goods between the two. ... Science shaped how people saw the world, leading to modern forms of classification we use today. ... The Post-Colonial Period ma...

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Perhaps the Second World War gave the nationalists the chance and the opportunity to build the foundations of an independent state free from imperial rule, and with the help of the Japanese and their influence of nationalism upon the Vietnamese, it became a reality, contributing to the decline of the French Empire. ... Due to the mistakes of the French and their ignorant, laid back attitude towards the rise of nationalism, people were able to make progress in breaking away from the Empire and gaining self-governance in order to form their own destinies and choices. ... To further this, Austin ...

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