Great Powers

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Throughout history the term Great Powers (or equivalent terms, e.g. World Powers) has been used to refer to the most technologically, militarily and economically advanced nation-states capable of dominating their local geopolitical regions. In a modern sense, the term Superpower has also been used to refer to Great Powers capable of exerting their influence anywhere in the globe, with the first true superpowers emerging in the late 19th century.

Hilpert ranking[edit | edit source]

Matthias Hilpert, a Varlish economist and historian, composed a comprehensive list of the great powers throughout history in his 2002 book The World Economy Through History, becoming a popular and easily accessible ranking across the western world. In his introduction, he detailed a brief list of the world's most advanced powers from 1800 BCE to the then present year of 2002 CE. His list was as so:

General ranking[edit | edit source]

~900BCE - 1CE[edit | edit source]

After the city-state of Amulndia expands into a mighty land and seafaring empire, it remains the greatest world power for almost a thousand years due to a lack of any rival civilisations capable of challenging its economic and military strength. The only other civilisations comparable to its power and influence are the Seonmi Empire and the First Empire of Yashurhiel, particularly the late Zhotl Dynasty (around the sixth century BCE) and the late Bizsyuiyo Dynasty (around the first century BCE).

1 CE - 420 CE[edit | edit source]

Seonmi Empire roughtly remains as the most powerful civilisation in the world, however it remains highly decentralised and restricted to central-western Cylmun. Its power is closely matched by the Second Empire of Yashurhiel under the Saknashusz Dynasty. Though warfare raged endlessly between the two empires, the wars fought were of a more honour-bound, respectful character, with the distance between both empires being enough to prevent any fundamental conflict in imperial interests.

420CE - 972CE[edit | edit source]

The Seonmi Empire suffers a period of decline, while the Second Empire of Yashurhiel under the Hanaszua Dynasty prospers, becoming the wealthiest and most technologically advanced civilisation of the era.