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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... existed from early on . Printing by movable type had already appeared in eleventh - century China , and soon large numbers of books were in existence . Trade and industry , stimulated by the canal - building and population pressures ...
... existed from early on . Printing by movable type had already appeared in eleventh - century China , and soon large numbers of books were in existence . Trade and industry , stimulated by the canal - building and population pressures ...
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... existed a number of competing political entities , most of which possessed or were able to buy the military means to preserve their independence , no single one could ever achieve the breakthrough to the mastery of the continent . While ...
... existed a number of competing political entities , most of which possessed or were able to buy the military means to preserve their independence , no single one could ever achieve the breakthrough to the mastery of the continent . While ...
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... existed a whole array of specific weak- nesses . No effective body existed , like the Committee of Imperial De- fence or the Chiefs of Staff Sub - Committee in Great Britain , to bring together the military and the nonmilitary branches ...
... existed a whole array of specific weak- nesses . No effective body existed , like the Committee of Imperial De- fence or the Chiefs of Staff Sub - Committee in Great Britain , to bring together the military and the nonmilitary branches ...
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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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