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Gerry Simpson distinguishes "Great Powers", an elite group of states that manages the international legal order, from "great powers", empires or states whose military and political might define an era. [2] The following is a list of empires that have been called great powers during the Middle Ages: China (throughout) [3] [4] Goguryeo, (400-668 ...
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List of ancient great powers, a list of great powers before the year 500 AD. List of medieval great powers, a list of great powers after the year 400 to 1500. List of modern great powers, a list of great powers since the year 1500 to the present.
List of medieval great powers; List of Classical Age states. List of states during Late Antiquity; List of Iron Age states; List of Bronze Age states; List of cities of the ancient Near East; Copper Age state societies § List of known polities
The Great Powers' Club or The Club of Great Powers is a term used by historians to refer to a collection of empires in the ancient Near East and Egypt between 1500 and 1100 BC, or the Late Bronze Age. These powers were Assyria, Babylon, Egyptian Empire, Hittite Empire, and Mitanni, viz. the major powers in Mesopotamia, the Levant and Anatolia.
The power of the Imperial Diet was limited, despite efforts of centralization. Large realms of the nobility or clergy had estates of their own that could wield great power in local affairs. Power struggles between ruler and estates were comparable to similar events in the history of the British and French parliaments.
Chaos erupted in the closing seconds of No. 21 Arizona State’s 28-23 upset win over No. 14 BYU in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday.
In consolidating his power in Denmark he crushed a Wendish invasion at the battle of Lyrskov Hede initiated shortly after he had destroyed the Jomsviking heartlands. This may have been an effective own goal, as it destroyed one of the key political and military components of Sveyn Forkbeard and Cnut the Great's rise to dominence.