Table of Contents:
  • Globalization and the challenge to historical analysis
  • Emerging patterns of contact, 1200 BCE-1000 CE : a preparatory phase
  • 1000 CE as turning point : the birth of globalization?
  • 1500 As turning point : the birth of globalization?
  • The 1850's as turning point : the birth of globalization?
  • Globalization since the 1940's : a new global history?
  • Conclusion : the historical perspective.