Globalization: 1900 to Today

Seed drill

Spinning wheel

Astrolabe

Bessemer process

Aircraft bombing raids.

Chemical weapons (gas attacks).

Trench warfare techniques.

Submarine warfare.

It facilitated faster and more reliable transportation, increasing trade volume between industrialized and non-industrialized regions.

It fostered self-sufficiency in industrializing nations, leading to a decrease in international economic exchanges.

It reduced the dependence on raw materials from colonies, weakening colonial empires' control over global trade.

It led to a decline in maritime commerce as railroads became the dominant mode of transport for international trade.

Semaphore flags

Printing press

Carrier pigeon

Telegraph

Many were worried about the effects of poor air quality

Many were worried about the effects of the decreased competition for environmental resources

Many were worried about the effects of deforestation

Many were worried about the increased consumption of the world's fresh water supply

Anthropocene Party

Earth Party

Carbon Reduction Party

Green Party

It led immediately to standardization of labor laws across transatlantic nations due to improved advocacy networks.

It decreased maritime insurance costs drastically since ships could communicate before encountering dangers at sea.

It caused rapid deindustrialization within certain sectors as telecommunication reduced demand for physical transportation services.

It encouraged faster business communication facilitating trade between continents.

Miniaturized machine tools.

Invented electric motors.

Increased power supplied to machinery.

Created automated assembly lines.

Uniform distribution of clean energy resources eliminating geopolitical power struggles historically associated with energy.

Increased energy efficiency potentially mitigating climate change impacts echoing societal pushes towards cleaner air post-Industrial Revolution.

Global abandonment of technology for energy generation returning humanity predominantly back toward pre-industrial lifestyles.

Energy resource depletion accelerating at unprecedented rates causing immediate scarcity crises globally.

The development of the telegraph only allowed instantaneous communication without mass producing written materials.

The introduction of radio broadcasts reached wider audiences but didn't facilitate direct exchange of ideas between people.

The creation of television reshaped visual entertainment but didn't primarily focus on spreading printed information.

The invention of the internet greatly accelerated global communication much as the printing press had done earlier.