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Robertson (1992) identifies five phases of the globalization:

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   the seminal phase in the 1400-1750 period in Europe, the moment of the apparition of the first maps of the planet as a result of new geographical discoveries, when the humanity became aware that they live on a planet which is not situated in the center of our solar system, period when the universal calendar was adopted and it started to shape the borders of the future colonial powers;
   

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   the incipient phase also in Europe in the 1750-1875 period, when appeared the
   

nation - state, it developed the formal diplomacy between the states, appeared the first international legal conventions and appeared the first ideas about internationalization and universality;

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   the take-off phase in 1875-1925 period, when it started to talk about international societies, an unique humanity, the amplification of the commercial bounds took place among independent nations, the communions were expanding and started the mass migration from Europe to America;
   
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   the phase of the disputes for the world hegemony in 1925-1969 period which was launched by the First World War, continued by the Second World War and which will be temperate by the founding of the League of Nations and later the United Nations (UN). UN is the international body whom introduced the concepts of
   

war crime and crimes against humanity and through the agency of its specialized bodies draw the attention on the dangers that proceed from the ignorance of the global problems like: pollution, demographic explosion, the exhaustion of the natural resources, economical underdevelopment, malnutrition etc.;

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