Why the Rest of Eurasia Fell Behind
Why the Rest of Eurasia Fell Behind
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United States: Princeton University Press
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From the late Middle Ages up through the eighteenth century, western Europeans never stopped pushing the gunpowder technology forward. Spurred on by rulers who squandered enormous sums on war, they advanced it relentlessly. And they did that long before most of western Europe had grown richer than the rest of the world, for even in 1800, only Brita...
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Why the Rest of Eurasia Fell Behind
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TN_cdi_proquest_ebookcentralchapters_1980089_7_76
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_ebookcentralchapters_1980089_7_76
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0691139709,9780691139708
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10.1515/9781400865840-003
