A Detailed Look at the Rise of Great Powers

The rise of great powers has been a hotly debated topic for a long time. The great geographical discovery at the end of the 15th century brought unprecedented commercial prosperity to Europe, and also kicked off the dialogue and competition between different countries in the world. Nine countries, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and the United States, rose up one after another, seized control of the sea, and became the world's hegemon. These stories of the rise and fall of great powers inspire today and influence the future. How did the Netherlands rise rapidly from a "low country" struggling with the sea to dominate the world stage in the 17th century? At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, how did Britain rise from an island country that only occupied 0.2% Of the earth's land area and had a population of just over 20 million to become the world's richest and most powerful empire on which the sun never sets? How was modern France born? How did it sink and revive? How did the United States rise from a country with a history of only more than 200 years to the only superpower today... This book will give you a vivid explanation one by one.