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. |
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... Austria , 1714 ) BALTIC SEA Franche - Comté ( to France , 1678 ) Milan ( to Austria , 1714 ) Catalonia ( 1640-1652 Revolt ) Naples ( 1647 Revolt ) Naples ( to Austria , 1714 ) Sicily ( 1647 , 1674 Uprisings ). The Collapse of Spanish ...
... Austria , 1714 ) BALTIC SEA Franche - Comté ( to France , 1678 ) Milan ( to Austria , 1714 ) Catalonia ( 1640-1652 Revolt ) Naples ( 1647 Revolt ) Naples ( to Austria , 1714 ) Sicily ( 1647 , 1674 Uprisings ). The Collapse of Spanish ...
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... Austria presided over the German Federation's meetings at Frankfurt ; it had the sympathy of many of the smaller German states , not to mention the Prussian old conservatives ; and it seemed indisputably a European power , whereas ...
... Austria presided over the German Federation's meetings at Frankfurt ; it had the sympathy of many of the smaller German states , not to mention the Prussian old conservatives ; and it seemed indisputably a European power , whereas ...
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... Austria ( 850 crowns ) and Bohemia ( 761 crowns ) being far in excess of those in Galicia ( 316 crowns ) , Bukovina ( 310 crowns ) , and Dalmatia ( 264 crowns ) .73 Yet while it was in the Austrian provinces and Czech lands that ...
... Austria ( 850 crowns ) and Bohemia ( 761 crowns ) being far in excess of those in Galicia ( 316 crowns ) , Bukovina ( 310 crowns ) , and Dalmatia ( 264 crowns ) .73 Yet while it was in the Austrian provinces and Czech lands that ...
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