Detailed Outline of Chapter 1

Following the Historical Paths of Global Communication

1- Geographical Space: A Barrier To Communication

-Communicate across distances
· Currier systems in China, Egypt
· Sending messages in the Roman Emperor

-The concept of Physical Space
· Physical Space and human interaction
· Geography of space
· Geography of experience
- From complex social conditions, to technology, until human interaction

- Communication between cultures across distances

· The mythical images of ancient life
- The age of discovery

· Traveling the edge of the known world

- How communication and trade

2- Geography and the Mythical World

- Perceptions of ancient people to the world
· Mystification by ancient Greeks
- Myths, travels, and fictions
- Metaphysical world to societies
· Attila's understanding of psychological power
· Symbolic mythical ideas

3-Ancient Encounters of Societies and Cultures

· The physical world and the ancient thinkers by Plato and Aristotle
· Geography in the past and Geographical boundaries
· The library of Alexandria

4-Global Explorers: Migrants, Holy People, Merchants

· Perception of migration
· Expanding the knowledge in Europe
· The importance of trade in Europe

5- Mapmakers in the Medieval World

-Communication history
· Discovering the world.
- Functions of maps
· maritime navigation
· religious pilgrimages
· Military and administrative uses

6-Inventors: Signals and Semaphores

· Information technology
· The commerce
· The postal system
· Optical signals in Germany and Switzerland in the 18th century

7-The printing press, Literacy, and the knowledge Explosion

o Clerks writing activity
o Literacy for the community
§ Access to printed materials
o The printing press in Asia
o The postal service and the courier and messenger systems

8-Scientists And International Networks

· Technological innovations of Telegraph and railroad
· The electric telegraph as a mean of communication and transportation
· The cod of science in 1860
· The Greenwich Observatory

9-The international Electric Revolution

· Introduction of the telegraph
· Introduction of the Telephone