This document discusses globalization and culture between 1400-1775 CE. It begins by asking questions about what the world looked like in 1400 CE compared to 1775 CE and the cultural effects of early globalization. A portrait from the mid-1600s shows Dutch merchants who profited from trade. Coffeehouses in 1700s France hosted discussions of Enlightenment ideas, fueled by globally traded coffee and sugar. The slave trade had immense negative impacts on Africa through death, social changes, and hindered development, leaving the continent vulnerable to later colonialism. In Peru, Inca elites displayed portraits of ancestors in European style to claim noble lineage in Spanish rule.