Musket, Map and Money: How Military Technology Shaped Geopolitics and Economics
Waves of military technological changes have swept through the Eurasian land mass since the dawn of civilization. Military technological changes decisively shaped geopolitics and the fortunes of states, empires and civilizations. In his book Jimmy Teng claims that to understand the impacts of these...
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De Gruyter
2013
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