Lessons from History:

Rise and fall of great

civilizations
There are many ways to approach globalization.
We opted to approach it via political economy &
civilization approach.

Ages in the Humankind history

Lower Paleolithic (ca. 2,500,000200,000 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 (1914present)

World Population
Milestones

Population
Growth
Rate

1804

1927

1960

1974

1987

1999

2011

1 bln

2 bln

3 bln.

4 bln.

5 bln.

6bln.

7bln.

2.08%

1.73%

1.53%

0.57% 1.24%

1.29%

Rankin
g

Countries

population

China

1385.6

India

1252.1

USA

320.1

Indonesia

249.9

Brazil

200.4

Pakistan

182.1

Nigeria

173.6

Bangladesh

156.6

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

Population 2012 statistics

15 largest population

Rankin
g

Countries

GDP (in
millions)

USA

16,244,600

China

8,277,102

Japan

5,961,065

Germany

3,425,928

France

2,611,199

UK

2,475,781

Brazil

2,252,664

Russia

2,014,774

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 2012 in Current

Dollars
15 countries largest GDP

Rankin
g

Countries

GDP per
capita p.a.

Norway

99,035

Qatar

97,091

Switzerland

83,054

Australia

65,464

Denmark

60,030

Sweden

56,704

Kuwait

52,379

Canada

51,572

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

GDP per capita, 2011

current dollars
15 richest countries

History
repeats
itself?

Ancient Human History

Total known 07 Civilizations that existed.

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

08 Potential Civilizations

Huntington's
Approach to study
International
Power Structure

Huntington's 08
civlizations
21st century International Power Structure

Sinic

Japanese

Hindu

Islamic

Orthodox

Western

Latin American

African (possibly)

Globe
Thats how we See the world.

Countries count
States, including small states

Total 234 states, includes 82 small states

Globe
How our ancestors (Homo-sapiens)
discovered the world.

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

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)

BRICS region has low standard of living.

Globalization Indexes
Total 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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