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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Page 49
... hands of the French and Lutherans nor at the hands of the Turks , because of what it might imply for Spain's own position ... hand , although it failed to defeat Protestantism in Germany , it did achieve a consolidation of powers in the ...
... hands of the French and Lutherans nor at the hands of the Turks , because of what it might imply for Spain's own position ... hand , although it failed to defeat Protestantism in Germany , it did achieve a consolidation of powers in the ...
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... hand in hand . " 1 This was just as well , because in its first war against the Dutch the navy was taking on an equally formidable force commanded by leaders - Tromp and de Ruyter - who were as good as Blake and Monk . When the service ...
... hand in hand . " 1 This was just as well , because in its first war against the Dutch the navy was taking on an equally formidable force commanded by leaders - Tromp and de Ruyter - who were as good as Blake and Monk . When the service ...
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... hand , Turkey's decision opened the Near East to French and ( especially ) British imperial ex- pansion - though it also distracted the imperialists in India and White- hall from full concentration along the western front.195 The really ...
... hand , Turkey's decision opened the Near East to French and ( especially ) British imperial ex- pansion - though it also distracted the imperialists in India and White- hall from full concentration along the western front.195 The really ...
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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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