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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... rise and fall of the Great Powers " over the past five hundred years , it is clear that some generally valid conclu- sions can be drawn — while admitting all the time that there may be individual exceptions . For example , there is ...
... rise and fall of the Great Powers " over the past five hundred years , it is clear that some generally valid conclu- sions can be drawn — while admitting all the time that there may be individual exceptions . For example , there is ...
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... rise in the national debts of both countries led to a search for fresh sources of revenue and for administrative reform , producing controversies which fueled the already poor relations be- tween George III and the opposition , and ...
... rise in the national debts of both countries led to a search for fresh sources of revenue and for administrative reform , producing controversies which fueled the already poor relations be- tween George III and the opposition , and ...
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... rise as it turned itself into the " first industrial nation . " 12 When other European states and the United States followed the path to industrialization , their shares also rose steadily , as did their per capita levels of ...
... rise as it turned itself into the " first industrial nation . " 12 When other European states and the United States followed the path to industrialization , their shares also rose steadily , as did their per capita levels of ...
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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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