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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... ships ; later still , a specific order forbade the existence of ships with more than two masts . Naval personnel would henceforth be employed on smaller vessels on the Grand Canal . Cheng Ho's great warships were laid up and rotted away ...
... ships ; later still , a specific order forbade the existence of ships with more than two masts . Naval personnel would henceforth be employed on smaller vessels on the Grand Canal . Cheng Ho's great warships were laid up and rotted away ...
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... ships of the line , many of them being larger than their British equivalents , and the number was soon increased to sixty - six . To this could be added the Spanish fleet of fifty - eight ships of the line and , in 1780 , a Dutch fleet ...
... ships of the line , many of them being larger than their British equivalents , and the number was soon increased to sixty - six . To this could be added the Spanish fleet of fifty - eight ships of the line and , in 1780 , a Dutch fleet ...
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... Ships 290 Fighter / Attack Aircraft Mideast Force 1 Command Ship 4 Surface Combatants Source : American Defense Annual , 1987-1988 be called upon to defend all of its overseas interests. U.S./Western Hemisphere 1 Airborne Division 1 Air ...
... Ships 290 Fighter / Attack Aircraft Mideast Force 1 Command Ship 4 Surface Combatants Source : American Defense Annual , 1987-1988 be called upon to defend all of its overseas interests. U.S./Western Hemisphere 1 Airborne Division 1 Air ...
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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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