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. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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... expansion of Europe were wide- spread and permanent , and - most important of all - they helped to accelerate an already - existing dynamic . The emphasis upon the acqui- sition of gold , silver , precious metals , and spices ...
... expansion of Europe were wide- spread and permanent , and - most important of all - they helped to accelerate an already - existing dynamic . The emphasis upon the acqui- sition of gold , silver , precious metals , and spices ...
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... expansion of the United States and the mili- tary expansion of Russia in Asia were causing various European observers to worry about a twentieth - century world order which would , as the saying went , be dominated by the Russian knout ...
... expansion of the United States and the mili- tary expansion of Russia in Asia were causing various European observers to worry about a twentieth - century world order which would , as the saying went , be dominated by the Russian knout ...
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... Expansion Overseas , 1750-1914 , " passim ; Crouzet , " Towards an Export Economy , " passim ; J. B. Williams , British Commercial Policy and Trade Expansion 1750-1850 ( Oxford , 1972 ) , passim . 21. P. Bairoch , " Europe's Gross ...
... Expansion Overseas , 1750-1914 , " passim ; Crouzet , " Towards an Export Economy , " passim ; J. B. Williams , British Commercial Policy and Trade Expansion 1750-1850 ( Oxford , 1972 ) , passim . 21. P. Bairoch , " Europe's Gross ...
Contents
World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
TABLES CHARTS TABLES | 29 |
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