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The Italian peninsula, economically advanced but politically divided among several states, became the main battleground for European supremacy.
Machiavelli has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.
Machiavelli`s Lessons for our days.
The German Peasants` War
Why the 30 Years´ War was so devastating?
The 80 years war in 80 seconds!
History Of Warfare – The Spanish Armada
The History of Stock Market
The 7 Years´ War, The First World War.
The Glorious Revolution
The Printing Press Age was a violent era
Data from a not so peaceful past.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Wars
The Italian Wars were a long series of wars fought between 1494 and 1559 in Italy during the Renaissance. The Italian peninsula, economically advanced but politically divided among several states, became the main battleground for European supremacy.
German Peasants War (Wikipedia)
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Sir-Francis-Walsingham-Spymaster-General/
Walsingham had been a loyal and important member of Queen Elizabeth I’s government and served as her “spymaster” for many years.
Stock Market Origins
The Birth of Stock Exchanges (Investopedia)
http://jeffreymanber.com/exploration-created-worlds-first-stock-market/
Exploration Created the World’s First Stock Market.
The 30 Years´ War
The Thirty Years’ War was a 17th-century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe. It remains one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history, with more than 8 million casualties resulting from military battles as well as from the famine and disease caused by the conflict.
The 30 Years War (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossignols
The Rossignols, a family of French cryptographers and cryptanalysts.
The Glorious Revolution
https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/glorious-revolution
“The Bloodless Revolution,” took place from 1688 to 1689 in England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/glorious_revolution_01.shtml
The 7 Years´ War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_in_the_Seven_Years%27_War