Guns, Sails & Empires: Technological Innovation & the Early Phases of European Expansion 1400-1700
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European expansion was essentially a commercial venture, and the fact that the colonial policies of the European powers had a very pronounced mercantile tone was the natural consequence of the basic... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0308600142
ISBN13:9780308600140
Release Date:January 1965
Publisher:Thomas Y. Crowell
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Age Range:14 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 9 to 12
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Non-Eurocentric Examination of Europe's Dominance
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Why did the countries of Europe go from second rate powers to world domination in so few years (historically speaking). Cipolla does a creditable job of examining the reasons, mostly social, that allowed this to happen. He points out that if you looked at Europe in 1200, you may not have put your money on Europe winning as big as it did.
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