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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... early on . Printing by movable type had already appeared in eleventh - century China , and soon large numbers of books were in existence . Trade and industry , stimulated by the canal - building and population pressures , were equally ...
... early on . Printing by movable type had already appeared in eleventh - century China , and soon large numbers of books were in existence . Trade and industry , stimulated by the canal - building and population pressures , were equally ...
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... early sixteenth century , although impressed by its size , population , and riches , might have observed that this was a country which had turned in on itself . That remark certainly could not then have been made of the Ottoman Empire ...
... early sixteenth century , although impressed by its size , population , and riches , might have observed that this was a country which had turned in on itself . That remark certainly could not then have been made of the Ottoman Empire ...
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... early , successful stages , but it did become important during the retreat , when men were desperate to escape from the bitter weather and marauding Cossacks and to return to their own homes.92 The Grand Army's casualties in the Russian ...
... early , successful stages , but it did become important during the retreat , when men were desperate to escape from the bitter weather and marauding Cossacks and to return to their own homes.92 The Grand Army's casualties in the Russian ...
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