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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One ship returned with giraffes from East Africa to entertain the Chinese emperor
; another with a Ceylonese chief who ... and seaworthiness of Cheng Ho's navy
— some of the great treasure ships appear to have been around 400 feet long ...
One ship returned with giraffes from East Africa to entertain the Chinese emperor
; another with a Ceylonese chief who ... and seaworthiness of Cheng Ho's navy
— some of the great treasure ships appear to have been around 400 feet long ...
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From the mid - 1770s onward , the French naval budget steadily rose ; by 1780 it
totaled about 150 million livres , and by 1782 it had reached a staggering 200
million livres.71 At the time France entered the war , it possessed fifty - two ships
of ...
From the mid - 1770s onward , the French naval budget steadily rose ; by 1780 it
totaled about 150 million livres , and by 1782 it had reached a staggering 200
million livres.71 At the time France entered the war , it possessed fifty - two ships
of ...
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Mideast Force 1 Command Ship 4 Surface Combatants Source : American
Defense Annual , 1987-1988 be called upon ... 5 Helicopter Carriers 1 Battleship
9 Cruisers 35 Destroyers 50 Frigates 49 Attack Submarines 18 Amphibious Ships
290 ...
Mideast Force 1 Command Ship 4 Surface Combatants Source : American
Defense Annual , 1987-1988 be called upon ... 5 Helicopter Carriers 1 Battleship
9 Cruisers 35 Destroyers 50 Frigates 49 Attack Submarines 18 Amphibious Ships
290 ...
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Contents
World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
2 | 17 |
The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School |
| Author | Paul M. Kennedy |
| Contributor | Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection (University of Virginia) |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0394546741, 9780394546742 |
| Length | 677 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Economic History History / World |
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