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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Page 48
... period largely coincided with - and was aided by - signifi- cant increases in bullion deliveries from the New World . But by the same token , the reduction in treasure receipts after 1626 , the bank- ruptcy declaration of the following ...
... period largely coincided with - and was aided by - signifi- cant increases in bullion deliveries from the New World . But by the same token , the reduction in treasure receipts after 1626 , the bank- ruptcy declaration of the following ...
Page 95
... period before the 1840s and despite the many defects listed above , Russia's army could occasionally be a formidable offensive force . So much ( perhaps three - quarters ) of the state's finances were devoted to the military and the ...
... period before the 1840s and despite the many defects listed above , Russia's army could occasionally be a formidable offensive force . So much ( perhaps three - quarters ) of the state's finances were devoted to the military and the ...
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... period in , 291-98 manufacturing boom in , 423 military leadership in , 297 military spending in , 292-93 , 294-97 navy of , 205-6 post - World War II conditions in , 365-66 post - World War II economic growth in , 422-23 unification of ...
... period in , 291-98 manufacturing boom in , 423 military leadership in , 297 military spending in , 292-93 , 294-97 navy of , 205-6 post - World War II conditions in , 365-66 post - World War II economic growth in , 422-23 unification of ...
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