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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... trade to West Africa and the West Indies . Alas for such mercantile aspirations , the French port suffered from the repeated depredations of the crown , " insatiable in its fiscal demands , unrelenting in its search for new and larger ...
... trade to West Africa and the West Indies . Alas for such mercantile aspirations , the French port suffered from the repeated depredations of the crown , " insatiable in its fiscal demands , unrelenting in its search for new and larger ...
Page 96
... trade routes from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and the great profits which could be made from colonial and commercial ventures in the West Indies , North America , the Indian subcontinent , and the Far East naturally benefited a ...
... trade routes from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and the great profits which could be made from colonial and commercial ventures in the West Indies , North America , the Indian subcontinent , and the Far East naturally benefited a ...
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... trade . 162 Between 1860 and 1914 the United States increased its exports more than sevenfold ( from $ 334 million to $ 2.365 billion ) , yet because it was so protective of its own market , imports increased only fivefold ( from $ 356 ...
... trade . 162 Between 1860 and 1914 the United States increased its exports more than sevenfold ( from $ 334 million to $ 2.365 billion ) , yet because it was so protective of its own market , imports increased only fivefold ( from $ 356 ...
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