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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... move in trade flows from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and northwestern Europe from the sixteenth century onward , or the redistribution in the shares of world manufacturing output away from western Europe in the decades after 1890 ...
... move in trade flows from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and northwestern Europe from the sixteenth century onward , or the redistribution in the shares of world manufacturing output away from western Europe in the decades after 1890 ...
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... move across Europe in defense of the 1815 settlement . In consequence , however , much Frenchmen of all parties might urge a policy of " recovery , " 49 it was plain that no dramatic improvement was possible . The best that could be ...
... move across Europe in defense of the 1815 settlement . In consequence , however , much Frenchmen of all parties might urge a policy of " recovery , " 49 it was plain that no dramatic improvement was possible . The best that could be ...
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... moved from cooperation to antagonism , the Italians felt that they had little alternative but to tack toward the new Anglo - French combination . The residual dislike of Austria - Hungary strengthened this move , just as the respect for ...
... moved from cooperation to antagonism , the Italians felt that they had little alternative but to tack toward the new Anglo - French combination . The residual dislike of Austria - Hungary strengthened this move , just as the respect for ...
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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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