<P> Though many scholars place the origins of globalization in modern times , others trace its history long before the European Age of Discovery and voyages to the New World , some even to the third millennium BC . Large - scale globalization began in the 1820s . In the late 19th century and early 20th century , the connectivity of the world 's economies and cultures grew very quickly . The term globalization is recent , only establishing its current meaning in the 1970s . </P>
<P> Though many scholars place the origins of globalization in modern times , others trace its history long before the European Age of Discovery and voyages to the New World , some even to the third millennium BC . Large - scale globalization began in the 1820s . In the late 19th century and early 20th century , the connectivity of the world 's economies and cultures grew very quickly . The term globalization is recent , only establishing its current meaning in the 1970s . </P>
when did the term globalization come into use
when did the term globalization come into use
1970s
1970s