The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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... Germany's foreign - trade figures , with exports tripling between 1890 and 1913 , bringing the country close to Britain as the leading world exporter ; not surprisingly , its merchant marine also expanded , to be the second - largest in ...
... Germany's foreign - trade figures , with exports tripling between 1890 and 1913 , bringing the country close to Britain as the leading world exporter ; not surprisingly , its merchant marine also expanded , to be the second - largest in ...
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... Germany's ; Wright has its national income as being $ 6 billion in 1914 to Germany's $ 12 billion.95 Another war with its eastern neighbor , should France stand alone , could only repeat the result of 1870-1871 . On many of these ...
... Germany's ; Wright has its national income as being $ 6 billion in 1914 to Germany's $ 12 billion.95 Another war with its eastern neighbor , should France stand alone , could only repeat the result of 1870-1871 . On many of these ...
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... Germany's . Between 1900 and 1913 , for example , its own steel production rose from 2.2 to 4.8 million tons , but Germany's leaped forward from 6.3 to 17.6 million tons . In the same way , the increases in Russia's energy consumption ...
... Germany's . Between 1900 and 1913 , for example , its own steel production rose from 2.2 to 4.8 million tons , but Germany's leaped forward from 6.3 to 17.6 million tons . In the same way , the increases in Russia's energy consumption ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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