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2 giorni fa · The British economy had begun to grow rapidly at the end of the 17th century and, by the mid-18th century, small factories in Britain were producing much more than the nation could consume. Britain found a market for their goods in the British colonies of North America, increasing her exports to that region by 360% between 1740 and 1770.
3 giorni fa · 9 17th century. 10 18th century. 11 19th century. 12 20th century. 13 21st century. ... specifically about how to define the countries of the former Soviet ...
5 giorni fa · Spain - Early Bourbons, 1700-53: Although the wars of the 17th century had weakened Spain’s power in Europe, the country still remained the world’s greatest imperial power. Spain’s central problem in the 17th century had been to maintain what remained of its European possessions and to retain control of its American empire. At the beginning of the 18th century, both tasks appeared to be ...
1 giorno fa · Both the 8th century Islamic experimenter Jabir ibn Hayyan and the 17th century scientist Robert Boyle have been described as founders of modern chemistry. Both worked as alchemists before the fields were clearly separated. Boyle argued for corpuscularianism in the 1661 book The Sceptical Chymist and discovered Boyle's law of gases.
5 giorni fa · The Dutch Golden Age, or de Gouden Eeuw in Dutch, denotes the 17th-century Netherlands, emphasizing its economy and culture. The term was first used in the Dutch language in the mid-16th century, due to early Dutch translations of the Ovidian Metamorphoses. The concept of a Golden Age is in fact an ancient one.
2 giorni fa · In the late 16th century the Cape had become a regular port of call for the crews of European ships, who found local people (Khoekhoe) ready to barter cattle in exchange for iron, copper, beads, tobacco, and brandy. By the mid 17th century Khoekhoe intermediaries traded far into the interior.
5 giorni fa · This economic resentment, allied with traditional religious prejudice, prompted the forced expulsion of Jews from several countries and regions, including England (1290), France (14th century), Germany (1350s), Portugal (1496), Provence (1512), and the Papal States (1569).
