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Hace 1 día · It was the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and in 1790 the fourth-largest empire in world history in terms of territorial size. With over 426 million citizens in 1907, [14] it was the most populous country in the world at the time.
Hace 2 días · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia.
Hace 3 días · 1750s. 1752: Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod. 1755: William Cullen invents the first artificial refrigeration machine. 1760s. 1760: John Joseph Merlin invents the first Roller skates. 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny. 1765: James Watt invents the improved steam engine utilizing a separate condenser.
Hace 2 días · Major conflicts of this era include the Italian Wars and Thirty Years' War in Europe, the Kongo Civil War in Africa, the Qing conquest of the Ming in Asia, the Spanish conquest of Peru in South America, and the American Revolutionary War in North America.
Hace 1 día · The Maratha Confederacy, [a] also referred to as the Maratha Empire or the Maratha Kingdom, [6] [7] was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent comprising the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states [8] [9] who were often subordinate to the former.
Hace 1 día · It achieved a global scale, [10] controlling vast portions of the Americas, Africa, various islands in Asia and Oceania, as well as territory in other parts of Europe. [11] It was one of the most powerful empires of the early modern period, becoming known as "the empire on which the sun never sets". [12]
Hace 1 día · The UK took a strong stand against Communist expansion after 1945, playing a major role in the Cold War and the formation of NATO as an anti-Soviet military alliance with West Germany, France, the United States, Italy, Canada and smaller countries. NATO remains a powerful military coalition.
