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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... especially in essential pro- ducts such as cloth and naval stores , together with the tendency for the seasonal fairs of medieval Europe to be replaced by permanent centers of exchange , led to a growing regularity and predictability of ...
... especially in essential pro- ducts such as cloth and naval stores , together with the tendency for the seasonal fairs of medieval Europe to be replaced by permanent centers of exchange , led to a growing regularity and predictability of ...
Page 285
... especially in the English- speaking world , recoiling from the horror of the First World War , concentrating upon domestic ( especially socioeconomic ) issues , and massively reducing their defense establishments ; and while the French ...
... especially in the English- speaking world , recoiling from the horror of the First World War , concentrating upon domestic ( especially socioeconomic ) issues , and massively reducing their defense establishments ; and while the French ...
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... especially R. Ovendale , Appeasement and the English - Speaking World ( Car- diff , 1975 ) , as well as his ch . 23 in Mommsen and Ketternacker ( eds . ) , Fascist Challenge ; R. F. Holland , Britain and the Commonwealth Alliance , 1918 ...
... especially R. Ovendale , Appeasement and the English - Speaking World ( Car- diff , 1975 ) , as well as his ch . 23 in Mommsen and Ketternacker ( eds . ) , Fascist Challenge ; R. F. Holland , Britain and the Commonwealth Alliance , 1918 ...
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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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