Alas the answer..all too simple!

"Globalisation or the spread of an idea or product throughout the world affected humans for the first time following the conquest of the world by Alexander the Great in late fourth century BCE."

Before that, no-one moved anywhere.

Another tree hugger wanting us all to move back into caves. Dream on dreamer.

Your joking right, way to lower the bar for OLO articles.

I agree with the other posters, from the first sentence the author displays his ignorance of everything he attempts to discuss.

You do realize that Alexander created his vast empire by war? His aim was not to "spread the benefits of Greek culture" but to expand his hegemony for his own gain.

Your living in a fairy world

“Rich Muslims in the Middle East sell oil to the West and Western petroleum companies and other corporations sell machines and technological culture to the Muslims.”

Yes. True, and

“Australia sells coal and iron ore to the West and Asian countries and other corporations sell machines and technological culture to Australians.”

"Put people to work to clean up the mess of unregulated capitalism."

And who will pay these people, and what with? Governments can only print so many paper dollars without a solid backing of economic assets -- as Dr. Mugabe is now finding out.