What are examples of positive and negative global flows? Over the epochs of globalization, what are the trends for each?

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The Answer is History of globalization:
Silk roads (1st century BC - 5th century AD, and 13th - 14th centuries AD)
• Luxury products from China started to appear on the other edge of the Eurasian continent - in Rome
• An outbreak of bubonic plague traveled the Silk roads to the West, where the disease became known as the Black Death.
Spice routes (7th - 15th centuries)
• Muslim spices traders dominated the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean trade; afterward, they could be found as far east as Indonesia and as far west as Moorish Spain.
Age of Discovery (15th - 18th centuries)
• European explorers connected East and West. Potatoes, tomatoes, coffee, and chocolate were introduced in Europe. This was also the beginning of the Slave trade.
• Following the arrival of the Europeans in America, diseases such as smallpox, measles, and bubonic plague were passed along to the native populations by the Europeans.
First wave of globalization (19th century - 1914)
• Britain's industrialization allowed them to make products that were in demand all over the world, like iron, textiles, and manufactured goods. Also, those with the means in New York, Paris, London, or Berlin could also invest in internationally active joint-stock companies.
• The first of seven cholera pandemics occurred and reach Russia, the British Empire, Spain, Africa, Indonesia, China, Japan, Italy, Germany, and America. The bubonic plague occurred in China and India.
Second and third wave of globalization (1915 - 2008)
• Global trade started to rise thanks to the Second Industrial Revolution that brought cars and planes. The Third Industrial Revolution brought the internet which helped connect people all over the world in an even more direct way.
• The Spanish Flu, the Asian flu, HIV/AIDS, and SARS all happened during that time frame and killed millions of people.
The current epoch of globalization is characterized by global flows - the movement of people, resources, goods, capital, and information.
• The ubiquitous iPhone, manufactured in China, is sold in global markets.
• French wine, a favorite of many countries for centuries, is sold in markets on five continents. With expanding global flows, many forms of output considered transformational in one period, such as modems, camera phones, and flash drives, become commonplace in the next period.
• Spread of dangerous diseases such as COVID -19.

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