Precursors to Globalization: Colonialization, State Equality, and Culture

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Precursors to globalization.
Imperialism, colonialism, westernization, and Americanization are considered the factors that led to globalization and, effectively, the world as we know it today. Ritzer et al. discuss these precursors, together with other factors such as development and easternization ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"e9ea7R5m","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Ritzer & Dean, 2015)","plainCitation":"(Ritzer & Dean, 2015)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":166,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/QUN668SU"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/QUN668SU"],"itemData":{"id":166,"type":"book","edition":"2","publisher":"Wiley-Blackwell","title":"Globalization: A Basic Text","author":[{"family":"Ritzer","given":"George"},{"family":"Dean","given":"Paul"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2015"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Ritzer & Dean, 2015). Imperialism is defined as one nation's methods to control an area, generally through conquest, and exercise control over that area ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"d03xYf5l","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Ritzer & Dean, 2015)","plainCitation":"(Ritzer & Dean, 2015)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":166,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/QUN668SU"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/QUN668SU"],"itemData":{"id":166,"type":"book","edition":"2","publisher":"Wiley-Blackwell","title":"Globalization: A Basic Text","author":[{"family":"Ritzer","given":"George"},{"family":"Dean","given":"Paul"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2015"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Ritzer & Dean, 2015). Imperial powers exercised power over "inferior" cultures, influencing their political, social and economical way of living. Great Britain controlled a vast political empire, spanning countries in Africa, Asia, and even America, before the Revolution ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"B6q3sjPY","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Ritzer & Dean, 2015)","plainCitation":"(Ritzer & Dean, 2015)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":166,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/QUN668SU"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/WvZUWaY4/items/QUN668SU"],"itemData":{"id":166,"type":"book","edition":"2","publisher":"Wiley-Blackwell","title":"Globalization: A Basic Text","author":[{"family":"Ritzer","given":"George"},{"family":"Dean","given":"Paul"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2015"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Ritzer & Dean, 2015). Imperialism was one of the first steps towards globalization by merging the controlled areas' cultures and bringing them under one rule system. Colonialism is very related to imperialism ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"KUGVwUOB","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Ritzer & Dean, 2015)","plainCitation":"(Ritzer & Dean, 2015)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":166,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/lo...