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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... Europe was almost two and a half times greater than in 1950. " 216 Interestingly enough , this growth was shared in all parts of the continent - in northwestern Europe's industrial core , in the Mediterranean lands , in eastern Europe ...
... Europe was almost two and a half times greater than in 1950. " 216 Interestingly enough , this growth was shared in all parts of the continent - in northwestern Europe's industrial core , in the Mediterranean lands , in eastern Europe ...
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... European Order 1660-1800 ( Oxford , 1978 ) ; E. N. Williams , The Ancien Regime in Europe 1648-1789 ( Harmondsworth , Mddsx . , 1979 edn . ) . Europe in the outside world is treated in J. H. Parry , Trade and Dominion : The European ...
... European Order 1660-1800 ( Oxford , 1978 ) ; E. N. Williams , The Ancien Regime in Europe 1648-1789 ( Harmondsworth , Mddsx . , 1979 edn . ) . Europe in the outside world is treated in J. H. Parry , Trade and Dominion : The European ...
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... Europe 1700-1914 , " in C. M. Cipolla ( ed . ) , Fontana Economic History of Europe , vol . 3 ( 1976 ) , pp . 22–76 ; NCMH , vol . 8 , p . 714 ; B. R. Mitchell , European Historical Statistics , 1750-1970 ( London , 1975 ) , pt . A ; W ...
... Europe 1700-1914 , " in C. M. Cipolla ( ed . ) , Fontana Economic History of Europe , vol . 3 ( 1976 ) , pp . 22–76 ; NCMH , vol . 8 , p . 714 ; B. R. Mitchell , European Historical Statistics , 1750-1970 ( London , 1975 ) , pt . A ; W ...
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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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