Lessons from History: Rise and fall of great

civilizationsThere are many ways to approach globalization.

We opted to approach it via political economy & civilization approach.

Ages in the Humankind history

Lower Paleolithic (ca. 2,500,000–200,000 BC)

Middle Paleolithic (ca. 200,000-50,000 BC)

Upper Paleolithic (ca. 50,000-10,000 BC)

Mesolithic/Neolithic (ca. 10,000-3000 BC)

Bronze Age (ca. 3000-1000 BC)

Iron Age (ca. 1000 BC-present)

Ancient History (3600 BC – 500 AD)

Post Classical Era (500 – 1500)

Modern History (1500-Present)

i) Early Modern Period (1500-1750)ii) Mid Modern Period (1750-1914)iii) Contemporary Period (1914-present)

World Population Milestones

1804 1927 1960 1974 1987 1999 2011

Population 1 bln 2 bln 3 bln. 4 bln. 5 bln. 6bln. 7bln.

Growth Rate

0.57% 1.24% 2.08% 1.73% 1.53% 1.29%

Population 2012 statistics

15 largest population

Ranking

Countries population

1 China 1385.6

2 India 1252.1

3 USA 320.1

4 Indonesia 249.9

5 Brazil 200.4

6 Pakistan 182.1

7 Nigeria 173.6

8 Bangladesh 156.6

9 Russia 142.8

10 Japan 127.1

11 Mexico 122.3

12 Philippines 98.4

13 Ethiopia 94.1

14 Vietnam 91.7

15 Germany 82.7

GDP 2012 in Current Dollars

15 countries largest GDP

Ranking

Countries GDP (in millions)

1 USA 16,244,600

2 China 8,277,102

3 Japan 5,961,065

4 Germany 3,425,928

5 France 2,611,199

6 UK 2,475,781

7 Brazil 2,252,664

8 Russia 2,014,774

9 Italy 2,103,375

10 India 1,858,740

11 Canada 1,779,634

12 Australia 1,532,407

13 Spain 1,322,144

14 Mexico 1,178,126

15 Korea 1,129,598

GDP per capita, 2011 current dollars

15 richest countries

Ranking

Countries GDP per capita p.a.

1 Norway 99,035

2 Qatar 97,091

3 Switzerland 83,054

4 Australia 65,464

5 Denmark 60,030

6 Sweden 56,704

7 Kuwait 52,379

8 Canada 51,572

9 Singapore 51,242

10 Netherlands 49,888

11 USA 49,782

12 Austria 49,590

13 Ireland 49,383

14 Finland 48,686

15 Belgium 46,769

History repeats

itself?

Ancient Human History

The Nile Valley Civilization

The West Asian Civilization

The Harappan Civilization

The Ancient Chinese Civilization

Ancient Civilizations in South and Central America

Ancient Civilizations Around the Mediterranean Sea

Civilizations In Transitions: 500 BC and After

Total known 07 Civilizations that existed.

Huntington's Approach to

study International

Power Structure

08 Potential Civilizations

Huntington's 08 civlizations

21st century International Power Structure

Sinic

Japanese

Hindu

Islamic

Orthodox

Western

Latin American

African (possibly)

GlobeThat’s how we See the world.

Countries countStates, including small states

Total 234 states, includes 82 small states

GlobeHow our ancestors (Homo-sapiens)

discovered the world.

Regions

Asia (South, North, East, South-East and West)

Europe (West, South, East and North)

Africa (South, East, Middle, West and North)

Americas (North, Caribbean, Central and South)

Oceania (Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Australia)

There are total of 19 regions as per our study of 256 ( 59 small states) total

states

BRICS region has low standard of living.

Globalization IndexesTotal 04

Global Power Politics and Int. Structure

Breton wood vs. BRICS+ Globalization and/or Regionalism

Breton wood The old global financial order is, well, old. Established in 1944

and named after the New Hampshire town where the agreements were drawn up, the Bretton Woods system created an international basis for exchanging one currency for another. It also led to the creation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, now known as the World Bank. The former was designed to monitor exchange rates and lend reserve currencies to nations with trade deficits, the latter to provide underdeveloped nations with needed capital — although each institution's role has changed over time. Each of the 44 nations who joined the discussions contributed a membership fee, of sorts, to fund these institutions; the amount of each contribution designated a country's economic ability and dictated its number of votes.

BRICS+ The significance of international trade was highlighted

by the leaders of the BRICS group of countries as they met for their Sixth Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil in July, 2014. The BRICS group, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, came together calling for an Action Plan for advancing its work on trade and investment.

With a cumulative global trade of 20 per cent and generating more than 40 per cent of global economic growth, the BRICS countries, and India specifically as a prominent global leader in trade, are poised to strengthen their relationship through intra-BRICS trade.

conclusion Farrukh Pitafi, “civilization is a stage of a

nation, not the nation itself”

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