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== Early modern period of globalization ==
== Early modern period of globalization ==
* considered the period of 1600-1800
* considered the period of 1600-1800
* however, the Age of Discovery  
* however, the Age of Discovery  


=== charters and trade arrangements ===
=== charters and trade arrangements ===
* imperial charters for exploration, conquest, and trade
* imperial charters for exploration, conquest, and trade
* settlement charters
* settlement charters
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=== "factories" ===
=== "factories" ===
* from the Latin  ''factorium'' for "place of doers/ makers"
* from the Latin  ''factorium'' for "place of doers/ makers"
* in trade, "factories" are trade locales
* in trade, "factories" are trade locales
** usually small islands, forts, or zones near ports
** usually small islands, forts, or zones near ports
** especially as created by the Portuguese "feitoria"
** especially as created by the Portuguese "feitoria"
* European factories were used for
* European factories were used for
** resupply of ships
** resupply of ships
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*** which would be a commissioned agent
*** which would be a commissioned agent
*** who sells goods and collects payments on behalf of someone else
*** who sells goods and collects payments on behalf of someone else
* factories are distinguished from colonies
* factories are distinguished from colonies
** ex. ancient Phoenician colonies were established along trade routes, especially across the Mediterranean Sea
** ex. ancient Phoenician colonies were established along trade routes, especially across the Mediterranean Sea
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** these were actual settlements and were governed by the home country
** these were actual settlements and were governed by the home country
*** some developed into independent countries, such as Carthage (a North African Phoenician colony)
*** some developed into independent countries, such as Carthage (a North African Phoenician colony)
* early European factory systems
 
** '''Hanseatic League'''
=== early European factory system: Guilds & the '''Hanseatic League''' ===
**  
* Guild relationships depended on interconnected trade post
* the Republic of Venice established resupply and trade  
* Hanseatic League created protected trade posts across northern Germany and Scandanavia
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=== Venetian trade ports ===
* Republic of Venice established resupply and trade posts across the Mediterranean, Black Sea and possibly Atlantic ports of Eureope


== Modern globalization ==
== Modern globalization ==