globalization-gs

Globalization is the sharing of ideas, resources and more around the world. The more the world evolves, the more there is globalization. For example now globalization is really high because of all the ways information can travel. It can travel around the world in seconds thanks to the internet. But even in the times of the discovery of the new world, globalization happened thanks to boats, the fastest way to travel at the time.

In the Colombian exchange everything from plants, technologies, and religions where globalized. The Spaniards brought work animals like cows and horses. They also brought advance weaponry like guns and swords. However, with them they also brought death. Globalization did not always bring good, for example the Spaniards unintentionally brought with them diseases like smallpox, malaria and typhus. The natives also globalized their resources. They shared with the old world things like tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, turkey, and more. The Spainish brought back something that would bring death and addiction to the old world: tobacco. This plant is still here today in the form of cigarettes, but unlike today, tobacco was not considered harmful to the human body. This lead to millions of deaths across the old world. Globalization, all though it can be great and make the world evolve faster, is also dangerous when not used carefully.

In my Civ 5 game I used globalization to get new resources, but also to spread my religion. We started globalization by building trading routes. This gave me money and certain resources. Trading with other civs gave me luxury resources I did not have in my land and gave new resources to the civ I was trading with, therefor creating globalization by spreading these resources around the world. In my game missionaries visited other civs spreading my religion around. This globalized my religion. It gave me multiple bonuses because I was controlling the religion some people followed in other civilizations.

In my mind globalization can be bad or good. It can bring new and interesting innovation or death and suffering. I think that if it is used incorrectly, it can bring death. A real world example would be ISIS because since everything is shared through globalization mind sets like ISIS's can also be globalized. A positive example of globalization in the todays world is how news can be shared quickly. For example the ISIS attack on France brought millions around the world together to support them through the hard times.