Introduction: I’m not sure of the impetus to start writing such a piece on globalization and global citizenship, but here we are. The post was pushing 2000 words and I wasn’t close to finishing, so I’ve split it up into several parts for ease of reading (and writing). This is intended to be an introduction of sorts, laying out a foundation of ideas to be fully fleshed out in a later posts.

Source: Wikipedia

Source: universetoday.com

Source: The Telegraph

Germany around 1500. Source: humboldt.edu

If you expand this chart out, 20th century war deaths are low by historical standards, even when accounting for both World Wars. Source: Think Progress