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In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire, brought under one government a quarter of the earth and its inhabitants.

John Boyd Orr

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In jüngster Zeit kontrollierten europäische Nationen mit dem Einsatz von Schießpulver und anderen technischen Verbesserungen der Kriegsführung praktisch die ganze Welt. Eines, das Britische Empire, brachte ein Viertel der Erde und seine Einwohner unter eine Regierung.

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