Space for capital, space for states
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Charles Tilly
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Article
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1986
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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If you open your nearest historical atlas to the political map of Europe around 1500, several features will strike your eye at once. First, the large monochromas that represent more or less continuous sovereignty over extensive territories spiral around the map's periphery: the Ottoman Empire, the S