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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... considerable problems ; given the more effective gunpowder , the recoil could be tremendous , sending a gun backward right across the deck if not restrained , and these weapons were still weighty enough to unbalance a vessel if ...
... considerable problems ; given the more effective gunpowder , the recoil could be tremendous , sending a gun backward right across the deck if not restrained , and these weapons were still weighty enough to unbalance a vessel if ...
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... considerable army , a monarch of great military brilliance , and Anglo - Dutch naval support . A combina- tion of all three factors allowed Charles to threaten Copenhagen and force the Danes out of the war by August 1700 , following ...
... considerable army , a monarch of great military brilliance , and Anglo - Dutch naval support . A combina- tion of all three factors allowed Charles to threaten Copenhagen and force the Danes out of the war by August 1700 , following ...
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... considerable assets , even in the nonindustrial sphere . It was , in the first place , im- mensely wealthy , both at home and abroad , though the British Trea- sury felt itself under heavy pressure in the two decades before 1914 as the ...
... considerable assets , even in the nonindustrial sphere . It was , in the first place , im- mensely wealthy , both at home and abroad , though the British Trea- sury felt itself under heavy pressure in the two decades before 1914 as the ...
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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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