Although the process known as globalization has visibly taken hold during the twentieth century, it has distinct historical antecedents. From the dawn of humanity, the world has grown increasingly integrated. Despite the admittedly fluid nature of history, a number of historians have divided the process of globalization into sections. Archaic Globalization Proto Globalization Modern Globalization The process of globalization is influenced by a number of empires. Among them are some of note:

• History of Globalization - The Dutch Empire
• History of Globalization - Dutch Reformed Church
• History of Globalization - VOC or Dutch East India Company
• History of Globalization - Merchant Warriors
• History of Globalization - New Amsterdam
• History of Globalization - The British Empire
• History of Globalization - British East India Company
• History of Globalization - The Ottoman Empire
• History of Globalization - The Portuguese
• History of Globalization - The Mongol Empire
• History of Globalization - Authors and citations

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Globalization, Globalization - Meanings, Globalization - History, Globalization - Nature and existence of globalization, Globalization - Characteristics, Globalization - Glocalization, Globalization - Anti-globalization, Globalization - Pro-globalization globalism, Globalization - Measurement of Globalization

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Earlier empires were largely confined to the American or African and Eurasian continents. Nations such as ancient Egypt, the Aztec Empire, the Roman Empire, the Incan Empire, and China could in one sense be considered early superpowers, but not Global Empires. Some of these early superpowers which spread across different continents include: The Persian Empire under the Achaemenids once controlled all of Asia Minor, the Levant, Egypt and parts of India and Greece. The short-lived Macedonian Empire under Al ...

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Global empire, Global empire - History, Global empire - Legacy, Global empire - Global Empires, Global empire - Related Links

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Globalization is the term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that result from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchange. It describes the increase of trade and investing due to the falling of barriers and the interdependence of countries. In specifically economic contexts, the term refers almost exclusively to the effects of trade, particularly trade liberalization or "free trade" (however, see "meanings" below). More broadly, the term refers to the overall integration, and resulting increase in interdependance, among global ...

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• Globalization - Meanings
• Globalization - History
• Globalization - Nature and existence of globalization
• Globalization - Characteristics
• Globalization - Glocalization
• Globalization - Anti-globalization
• Globalization - Pro-globalization globalism
• Globalization - Measurement of Globalization

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Wool is the fibre derived from the hair of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep and goats, but the hair of other mammals such as alpacas may also be called wool. This article deals with the wool produced from domestic sheep. Wool is the fibre produced as the outer coat of sheep. Most of the fibre from domestic sheep has two qualities that distinguish it from hair or fur: it has scales which overlap like shingles on a roof and it is crimped; in some fleeces the wo ...

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• Wool - History
• Wool - Production
• Wool - Global wool clip 2004/2005
• Wool - Uses

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Bombardier Inc. (IPA /bɔ̃baʁdje/) TSX: BBD.SV.B TSX: BBD.MV.A, a Canadian company, was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942, at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Québec. It is a large manufacturer of regional aircraft, business jets, and railway cars. Its headquarters are in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Corporate Headquarters < ...

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• Bombardier - History
• Bombardier - Global expansion
• Bombardier - Criticisms
• Bombardier - Corporate governance

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Green issues Worldwide green parties (list): Global Greens · Africa · Americas · Asia-Pacific · Europe Global Greens Charter: ecological wisdom · social justice · participatory democracy · nonviolence · sustainability · respect diversity This article is about the green parties around the world. It describes differences between green parties in a broader sense and "Green Parties" in a narrower sense. Formally organized political parties (and political movements) based ...

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• Worldwide green parties - Definitions
• Worldwide green parties - 'Small-g' green parties
• Worldwide green parties - Greening
• Worldwide green parties - Green movement
• Worldwide green parties - 'Capital-G' Green Parties
• Worldwide green parties - Four pillars
• Worldwide green parties - History
• Worldwide green parties - Growth and maturity of Green Parties
• Worldwide green parties - Green Party's politics
• Worldwide green parties - Values and ethics
• Worldwide green parties - Critique of green policy
• Worldwide green parties - Platforms
• Worldwide green parties - Alliances
• Worldwide green parties - Policy issues
• Worldwide green parties - Global reach
• Worldwide green parties - Global gatherings
• Worldwide green parties - Global Green meetings
• Worldwide green parties - Global Greens web site
• Worldwide green parties - Green federations
• Worldwide green parties - Critique of Green networking
• Worldwide green parties - Specific Green Parties
• Worldwide green parties - Green Parties in the English-speaking world
• Worldwide green parties - Green Parties in the developing world
• Worldwide green parties - List of Green Parties

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Carsharing is a system where a fleet of cars (or other vehicles) is owned and operated/overseen by a company, public agency, cooperative, ad hoc grouping, or even a single individual, and made available for use by members of the carshare group in a wide variety of ways. The costs and troubles of vehicle purchase, ownership and maintenance are transferred to a central organizer (the Carshare Operator or more familiarly CSO). It has been around in various forms for more than half a century, but it is only in the last decade that ...

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• Carsharing - History
• Carsharing - Carsharing: what it is and is not
• Carsharing - How it works
• Carsharing - Goals Advantages Achievements
• Carsharing - For the individual
• Carsharing - City perspectives
• Carsharing - Global perspectives
• Carsharing - Constraints disadvantages

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The onboard electronics used for piloting an aircraft are called avionics (AVI-ation electr-ONICS). Avionics include communications and navigation systems, autopilots, and electronic flight management systems (FMS). Onboard electronics that are unrelated to piloting tasks, such as video systems for passengers, are sometimes considered avionics as well. Many of these devices include embedded computers. Avionics - History. Radiotelephone (two way voice radio) systems have been installed in aircraft since befo ...

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• Avionics - History
• Avionics - Auxiliary and diagnostic systems
• Avionics - Recent advances
• Avionics - Global Positioning System GPS
• Avionics - Glass cockpits

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This article discusses the speculative idea of a world government. While, theoretically, such government may take several forms (such as an empire), given the enormous magnitude of resources required to rule over billions of unwilling people by force, practically only a democratic form of government appears to be feasible. Furthermore, for similar practical reasons, some hierarchical structure of government would be required (see illustration for example). This article thus concentrates more specif ...

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• World government - Principles of world federalism
• World government - Historical background
• World government - History of the world government idea
• World government - Voluntary unions of polities
• World government - The current global governance system
• World government - Recognized deficiencies
• World government - The case for FWG
• World government - No more wars no more oppression
• World government - More effective handling of global issues
• World government - Common critiques
• World government - FWG is not desirable
• World government - FWG is not a realistic goal
• World government - Approaches to effecting a FWG
• World government - Regional integration
• World government - Incremental reform
• World government - Integration of democracies first
• World government - Direct creation of FWG by the people
• World government - Resources
• World government - Published Works
• World government - Organizations
• World government - Websites
• World government - More links

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In computer architecture, a branch predictor is the part of a processor that determines whether a conditional branch in the instruction flow of a program is likely to be taken or not. This is called branch prediction. Branch predictors are crucial in today's modern, superscalar processors for achieving high performance. They allow processors to fetch and execute instructions without waiting for a branch to be resolved. Almost all pipelined processors do branch prediction of some form, because they must guess the address ...

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• Branch predictor - Trivial prediction
• Branch predictor - Static prediction
• Branch predictor - Next line prediction
• Branch predictor - Bimodal branch prediction
• Branch predictor - Local branch prediction
• Branch predictor - Global branch prediction
• Branch predictor - Combined branch prediction
• Branch predictor - Agree prediction
• Branch predictor - Overriding branch prediction
• Branch predictor - History

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History of Globalization - British East India Company. ...

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History of Globalization, History of Globalization - The Dutch Empire, History of Globalization - Dutch Reformed Church, History of Globalization - VOC or Dutch East India Company, History of Globalization - Merchant Warriors, History of Globalization - New Amsterdam, History of Globalization - The British Empire, History of Globalization - British East India Company, History of Globalization - The Ottoman Empire, History of Globalization - The Portuguese, History of Globalization - The Mongol Empire, History of Globalization - Authors and citations

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History of Globalization - Dutch Reformed Church. The Dutch merchant fleets were obliged to deny other religions from creating churches and insulting the Dutch Reformed Church in any way on Dutch land and ships. As Geoffrey Parker mentions, although the Dutch did not allow religious pluralism on their ships and land, they had to be prudent in censoring other religions since the Dutch Naval and Merchant fleets were largely composed of foreign men (German, etc). So, even though other religions were denied open reco ...

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History of Globalization, History of Globalization - The Dutch Empire, History of Globalization - Dutch Reformed Church, History of Globalization - VOC or Dutch East India Company, History of Globalization - Merchant Warriors, History of Globalization - New Amsterdam, History of Globalization - The British Empire, History of Globalization - British East India Company, History of Globalization - The Ottoman Empire, History of Globalization - The Portuguese, History of Globalization - The Mongol Empire, History of Globalization - Authors and citations

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Global domination - Ideologies. Many proselytising religions such as Islam and Christianity are universalist, viewing it as their task to convert as many people as possible to their religion, without restrictions on national or ethnic origin. This spiritual domination (see, for example, Kingdom of Heaven) is usually by most people seen to be distinct from a temporal domination, but certain fringe groupings within these ...

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Global domination, Global domination - Throughout history, Global domination - Ideologies, Global domination - Regimes, Global domination - In fiction and games

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Hildur and Ross Jackson from Denmark established the Gaia Trust, a charitable foundation, in 1991. Gaia funded a study by Robert Gilman and Diane Gilman of sustainable communities around the world. The report, Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities, was released in 1991. The report found that although there were many interesting ecovillage projects, the full-scale ideal ecovillage did not yet exist. Collectively, however, the various projects described a vision of a different c ...

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Global Ecovillage Network, Global Ecovillage Network - History, Global Ecovillage Network - Members, Global Ecovillage Network - Aim, Global Ecovillage Network - Regions, Global Ecovillage Network - External link

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In the 1970s, a call went out for "third" television stations in several major Canadian cities. A group of investors, led by Al Bruner and Peter Hill, founded Global Communications Ltd. with the idea of building a cross-Canada, all-UHF network. The group had to settle for a six-transmitter network in southern Ontario, stretching from Windsor to Ottawa. The group promised a high level of Canadian content and agreed not to accept local advertising. The new network, called the Global Television Network, launched on January 6, 1974 when CKGN-TV ...

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Global Television Network, Global Television Network - History, Global Television Network - News programming and controversies, Global Television Network - Entertainment programming, Global Television Network - Global stations, Global Television Network - CH system, Global Television Network - Slogans, Global Television Network - External link

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The inspiration for the GPS system came when the Soviets launched the first Sputnik in 1957. A team of U.S. scientists led by Dr. Richard B. Kershner were monitoring Sputnik's radio transmissions. They discovered that, due to the Doppler effect, the frequency of the signal being transmitted by Sputnik was higher as the satellite approached, and lower as it continued away from them. They realized that since they knew their exact location on the globe, they could pinpoint where the satellite was along its orbit by measuring the Doppler distort ...

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Global Positioning System, Global Positioning System - Applications, Global Positioning System - Military, Global Positioning System - Civilian navigation, Global Positioning System - GPS for the visually impaired, Global Positioning System - Geocaching, Global Positioning System - GPS on airplanes, Global Positioning System - Precise time reference, Global Positioning System - History, Global Positioning System - Satellites, Global Positioning System - Technical description, Global Positioning System - GPS and relativity, Global Positioning System - Awards, Global Positioning System - Sources of GPS measurement errors, Global Positioning System - Techniques to improve GPS accuracy, Global Positioning System - Selective availability, Global Positioning System - GPS jamming, Global Positioning System - Other systems

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The history of financial institutions must be differentiated from economic history and history of money. In Europe, it starts with the first financiers and banks in the 1400–1600s in central and western Europe. The first modern bank was Bank of Barcelona (1401); the first global financiers the Fuggers (1487) in Germany; the first stock company in England (Russia Company 1553); the first foreign exchange market (The Royal Exchange 1566, England); the ...

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Global financial system, Global financial system - History, Global financial system - Institutions, Global financial system - International institutions, Global financial system - Government institutions, Global financial system - Private participants, Global financial system - Legal frameworks and treatises, Global financial system - Major incidents, Global financial system - Criticism discussions and reform

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Global Defense Initiative - Origins. The "GDI", as it is usually referred to, was originally a UN Special Forces group known as Special Operations Group Echo: Black Ops 9. Its existence was denied by the UN. As Echo was deployed more and more, however, rumors spread, and the UN realized that soon the group would become public. The final proverbial straw came when an Echo operation to assassinate Saddam Hussein (in an attempt to stop the Persian Gulf War) failed miserably and the existence of a "black" UN military ...

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Global Defense Initiative, Global Defense Initiative - Official fact sheet, Global Defense Initiative - History, Global Defense Initiative - Origins, Global Defense Initiative - Leadership, Global Defense Initiative - The First Tiberium War Tiberian Dawn, Global Defense Initiative - The Second Tiberium War Tiberian Sun, Global Defense Initiative - Notes

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The initial inspiration for the formation of PGA came from a global meeting called in 1996 by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), which had started a grassroots uprising in the impoverished Mexican state of Chiapas on new year's day 1994 when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect. The Zapatistas sent out an email calling for a gathering, called an 'encuentro' (encounter), of international grassroots movements to meet in specially constructed arenas in the Chiapas jungle to discuss common tactic ...

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Peoples' Global Action, Peoples' Global Action - History of PGA, Peoples' Global Action - The PGA hallmarks, Peoples' Global Action - Global actions

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