Question

The countries best able to take advantage of these power sources of ________, expanded the most, and came to exert control over the politics of the globe from the late fifteenth century to around the year1800.

Answer 1

Militay force trough Horse power and Wind power

Explanation:

According to Thomas Friedman (2005), we can view globalization as occurring in three diferent periods or stages.

• First, globalization was driven by military expansion, powered by horsepower and wind power.

Countries best able to take advantage of these power sources expanded the most, and they took control over the politics of the globe from the end of fifteenth century to the year 1800.

• Second, in a period from 1800 C.E. to 2000 C.E. (approximately) consisted of a globalizing economy.

During this period, the guiding forces of social change and globalization were the steam and rail power.

• Third and final, Friedman take us to the post-millennial era.

In this globalization period, as you can imagine, change is driven by technology, specially the Internet.