The players involved were the territories in Germany, the Holy Roman Empire, the provinces of the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden, as well as France and Spain. ... The Holy Roman Empire also floundered after the war and would never be the world power it had previously been. Loss of power for Germany and the Holy Roman Empire led to gains of power for other territories. ... This was the beginning of the Swedish Empire as they took much of the land that still makes up Sweden today. ... The downfall of the Holy Roman Empire led to the end of religious wars and eventually a secular society th...

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The exasperating years that followed the Peninsular war in Spain proved to deteriorating for the French armies, would relay the potential weaknesses in the French empire. ... Despite his downfall, he is generally remembered as one of the greatest military commanders of all time. ... The exasperating years that followed the Peninsular war in Spain proved to deteriorating for the French armies, would relay the potential weaknesses in the French empire. ... Despite his downfall, he is generally remembered as one of the greatest military commanders of all time....

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History 185 Test #2 04-01-03 The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the era that paved the way for the creation of our modern day governments and societies, was an era of political and social revolutions. In response to the new thinking that was sparked by the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution and other changes in society, bloody and peaceful revolutions took place all over Europe. England actually had two separate revolutions to deal with during this time of unrest. The French endured a long and bloody series of one single revolution also, and the world woul...

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"Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission of civilization"" (Edward W. ...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states an...

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