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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... United Provinces led the way - not surprisingly , since the merchants there were part of the government and desired to see the affairs of state managed according to the same principles of financial rectitude as applied in , say , a ...
... United Provinces led the way - not surprisingly , since the merchants there were part of the government and desired to see the affairs of state managed according to the same principles of financial rectitude as applied in , say , a ...
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... United Provinces 73,000 130,000 40,000 United States - 35,000 - Table 5. Size of Navies , 1689-181542 ( ships of the line ) 1689 1739 1756 1779 1790 1815 Britain 100 124 105 90 195 214 Denmark 29 - 38 - France 120 Russia Spain Sweden United ...
... United Provinces 73,000 130,000 40,000 United States - 35,000 - Table 5. Size of Navies , 1689-181542 ( ships of the line ) 1689 1739 1756 1779 1790 1815 Britain 100 124 105 90 195 214 Denmark 29 - 38 - France 120 Russia Spain Sweden United ...
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... United Provinces , it actually played little part in the cam- paigns at sea and instead prepared itself for an invasion of the southern Netherlands , which were still owned by a weakened Spain . When the French finally launched their ...
... United Provinces , it actually played little part in the cam- paigns at sea and instead prepared itself for an invasion of the southern Netherlands , which were still owned by a weakened Spain . When the French finally launched their ...
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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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