
How States Become Sea Powers
Warfare
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The Athenians Fought the Spartans, and They Overthrow the Oligarchs
Athenian philosopher plato told the carthaginians to move their city ten miles away from the coast. The romans have read this, and that's what they say to the carhaginians before the third punic war. They say, look, if you'll take your city down and move it ten miles in land, we'll leave you alone. And so china is a problem because it's always represented as if it's some kind of country. If she've mentioned china, we should talk about the ultimate and un maritime stay, albeit a great naval power - early fifteenth century ch China.
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