Essay On Globalization

Globalisation is a global process where the world is becoming increasingly interconnected, primarily as a result of escalating trade. Despite there being a strong belief by society that globalisation began with the discovery of North and South America by Spaniard Christopher Columbus in 1492, there is evidence which will be explored to show that globalisation existed prior to 1492.

The discovery of North and South America by Christopher Columbus is commonly regarded as the point in history where globalisation started, however there are signs in Columbus’s journal that there was archaic globalisation. Archaic globalisation is a form of globalisation which exists in a very limited form, with small amounts of the globe being linked and trade

Pedro De Cieza De Leon was a Spaniard who chronicled the Inca empire in a text from circa 1550 titled Chronicles of the Incas. In it the author notes that if the Incas had a food shortage they would order “supplies” from another place or region. This ordering of food is an example of trade, the central part of globalisation that makes it work. When De Leon wrote about this he was not including his thoughts on the subject because he was written a text which was intended to record the events of the past. In recording it what is discovered is that the Spaniards had been to another place after Columbus found the Tainho people and this place also had forms of archaic globalisation that were not recognised. The Spaniards and other people of the time did not know what globalisation was because the system was not recognised then, but with this fact it can be seen that the idea that Columbus started globalisation is a misconception. And if it was known what globalisation was it would be interesting how people like De Leon would view their journeys. Instead of the idea that they invented globalisation arising, it is possible that they would have recorded history in a different way and known that what they were describing was globalisation existing prior to