European planetary globalization was genuinely novel in quality and quantity

Evidence

But there have been various versions of globalization historically, multiple globalizations. Early modes of globalization were those stretching across known worlds in their day, across the states and city states of the east that, among others, Gunder Frank analyzed in ReOrient. These globalizations included trade routes that stretched into what today we call the Near East. They overlapped with those among the states and cities of the medieval Mediterranean Near East. There are no doubt others, linked to various empires. These might be called regional globalizations. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1730 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Europe made itself through overseas expansion rather than merely extending outward; Globalization has occurred in multiple distinct historical waves — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1730; Europe constituted its own identity through overseas expansion — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 837 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Globalization has occurred in multiple distinct historical waves #complicates (0.74) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1730