Carla Mooney - Globalization: Why We Care About Faraway Events

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Around 550 BCE

The Greek philosopher Anaximander creates what is believed to be the first world map.

100s BCE

The Silk Road trade route across Central Asia connects China and Europe.

1864 CE

The first Geneva Convention is adopted to protect sick and wounded military personnel, regardless of nationality.

1892

Coca-Cola is founded.

1930

The U.S. Congress passes the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to protect workers and industries by raising tariffs on imported goods by nearly 60 percent. In response, countries around the world also raise tariffs on imported goods.

1944

The World Bank is established.

1945

World War II ends, opening the door to more trade between nations.

1945

The United Nations (UN) is founded.

1945

The UN Charter establishes the International Court of Justice, which hears disputes between nations in matters of international law.

1947

The General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) is signed to negotiate trade rules.

1948

The United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which lists the fundamental human rights that are to be universally protected.

1952

Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands form the European Coal and Steel Community.

1962

The first Walmart store opens in Arkansas.

1967

The first international McDonalds fast food restaurants open in Canada and Puerto Rico.

1970

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect, aiming to prevent the global spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.

1975

Advances in computers, satellites, and electronics increase global trade.

1984

British musicians organize a charity event to benefit starving Ethiopian people in response to a documentary about famine in Ethiopia.

1991

The World Wide Web is launched, making global communication quicker and easier.

1993

The European Union is established, increasing economic, political, and social ties among European nations.

1994

Signed by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into force.

1995

The World Trade Organization is established in Geneva, Switzerland.

1999

The European Union introduces the euro to world financial markets.

2002

The Rome Statute comes into force and establishes the International Criminal Court.

2006

The UN establishes the Human Rights Council, which works to promote and protect human rights worldwide.

2007

The Great Recession begins in the United States and quickly spreads to economies around the world.

2012

The International Criminal Court convicts Thomas Lubanga, the leader of a militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, of war crimes.

2013

China overtakes the United States to become the worlds largest trading nation.

2014

Soccers World Cup is shown in every country and territory in the world to an audience of more than 3.2 billion people.

2015

More than 1 million migrants and refugees flood Europe, prompting several European nations to put measures in place to limit immigration.

2015

The UN adopts the Paris Agreement to address climate change.

2016

The United Kingdom voters pass a referendum to begin the process of withdrawing from the European Union.

2017

More than 36,000 McDonalds fast food restaurants around the world serve Big Macs and French fries to millions of people every day.

2017

People around the world rally to donate money and supplies and volunteer for relief efforts to aid victims of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean.