Python: Sharing global variables between modules and classes therein

I know that it's possible to share a global variable across modules in Python. However, I would like to know the extent to which this is possible and why. For example,

global_mod.py

x = None

mid_access_mod.py

from global_mod import *

class delta:
    def __init__(self):
        print x

bot_modif_mod.py

import mid_access_mod
import global_mod

class mew:
    def __init__(self):
        global_mod.x = 5

def main():
    m = mew()
    d = mid_access_mod.delta()

This prints None, even though all the modules are sharing the global variable x. Why is this the case? It seems like x is evaluated at mid_access_mod.py before it is assigned in bot_modif_mod.py by mew().