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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... Despite noting , and occasionally suffering from , the newer weaponry of European forces , the janissaries were slow ... Despite the sheer size of the kingdom at its height and the military genius of some of its emperors , despite the ...
... Despite noting , and occasionally suffering from , the newer weaponry of European forces , the janissaries were slow ... Despite the sheer size of the kingdom at its height and the military genius of some of its emperors , despite the ...
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... Despite its hard - won military supe- riority over Mongol horsemen , there was nothing easy or inevitable about the growth of the Russian Empire . The more peoples that were conquered , the greater was the likelihood of internal ...
... Despite its hard - won military supe- riority over Mongol horsemen , there was nothing easy or inevitable about the growth of the Russian Empire . The more peoples that were conquered , the greater was the likelihood of internal ...
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... despite its imperial sunset , it still has very extensive strategical commitments abroad : not only in the 65,000 troops and airmen in Germany as its contribution to NATO's Central Front , but also in garrisons and naval bases across ...
... despite its imperial sunset , it still has very extensive strategical commitments abroad : not only in the 65,000 troops and airmen in Germany as its contribution to NATO's Central Front , but also in garrisons and naval bases across ...
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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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