2006-09-30 07:18:51 · 12 answers · asked by psyche w 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It depends WHEN in history do you mean?
Ancient times, Greece, Rome (Italy)
Denmark (with Norway & Sweden) ie- the Vikings who travelled and actively worked at taking over the world, travelled to England and Newfoundland (Vinland) Canada, and through Germany and France etc...and travelled and settled and developed Russia
then the Holy Roman Empire (Empire of a collection of Kingdoms in Germany and surrounding areas)
then Austria / (Austria-Hungary) Austria was a major superpower,
and Bohemia, was very significant size country, with strong and smart and invincible army and the Leading nation in creating or instituting human rights and democracy, It was its own powerhouse of a nation, participant amongst the superpowers of the time
and little Holland / Netherland who was also a strong and tough nation who gained independence from Germany/Holy Roman Empire and totally held off all attempts from the much larger armies and nation of France that tried to take over.
and France, actually an ambitious nation whose borders grew to include most of North America, until England took it over after France lost the Seven Years war.
and England (England was a tough population of conquerers who came at different times from Rome (Italy), Angles and Saxons from north-east Germany, and Normans from France, and Vikings too from Denmark, but who finally developed strong defence against further invaders like Spain
then Prussia (Industrialized and militarized Germany)
2006-09-30 07:23:30 · answer #1 · answered by million$gon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget Britain.
Until 1948 Britain had an empire, so extensive and dispersed, that the sun never went down on it; i.e. it stretched across all 24 time zones.
Now not as imperial it is still a super power - of sorts.
2006-09-30 07:27:24 · answer #2 · answered by rigelbright 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i will dispute the claims that Russia is. All of Russia's rust-bucket military kit would not win them a war like human beings might have self assurance. i might say the united kingdom because of solid economics and a powerful military. additionally, geographically, we are lots extra valuable located than the different ecu state. There are extra factors to capacity than in simple terms military tension. you will desire to look at economics, military tension, geogrpahic place, allies et al. even nonetheless the united kingdom won't be extra effective than some in some factors, we stay consistent on *ALL* ranges extremely than showing severe power in a single section. No bias, in simple terms person-friendly sense.
2016-10-15 09:18:48 · answer #3 · answered by canevazzi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost every nation in Europe has been strong at one point in time or another, though, England is the only one that is still somewhat expansive.
2006-09-30 07:27:43 · answer #4 · answered by thalog482 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Greeks, Romans, Germans, French ,Spanish, Portuguese, Russians and British.
2006-09-30 07:21:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You put that in the past tense. You had better say which period of history you are interested in. Just about every nation of any size and some not so big too have had their moment of glory, if you can call it that.
2006-09-30 07:24:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
France has always led Europe in the manufacture of white flags.
2006-09-30 07:20:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Great Britain.
2006-10-01 00:09:24 · answer #8 · answered by adit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England and France.
2006-09-30 07:26:33 · answer #9 · answered by Halo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without specifying a time-period, your question is utterly meaningless.
2006-09-30 10:51:50 · answer #10 · answered by BoredBookworm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋