Great Powers

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The Great Powers were the most influential and militarily and economically dominant states in the international system, particularly in 19th- and early 20th-century Europe, that collectively shaped global diplomacy and major political decisions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical concept ⓘ
historical category ⓘ
international relations concept ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Europe ⓘ
basisOf great power politics ⓘ
characterizedBy ability to shape global politics ⓘ
diplomatic influence ⓘ
economic dominance ⓘ
military dominance ⓘ
contrastedWith minor powers ⓘ
small powers ⓘ
emergedFrom post-Napoleonic European order ⓘ
hasCriterion ability to project power abroad ⓘ
advanced military technology ⓘ
global or regional diplomatic reach ⓘ
large national economies ⓘ
large standing armies ⓘ
recognition by other states ⓘ
substantial industrial capacity ⓘ
historicallyIncluded Austria-Hungary ⓘ
Austrian Empire ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
influenced alliance systems in Europe ⓘ
causes of World War I ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
institutionalizedIn Congress of Vienna ⓘ
playsRoleIn balance of power ⓘ
concert of Europe system ⓘ
global diplomacy ⓘ
major political decisions ⓘ
refersTo most influential states in the international system ⓘ
relatedTo Great power status ⓘ
major powers ⓘ
middle powers ⓘ
superpowers ⓘ
studiedIn power transition theory ⓘ
realist theory of international relations ⓘ
usedIn 19th-century diplomacy ⓘ
early 20th-century diplomacy ⓘ

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Kingdom of Greece → recognizedBy → Great Powers ⓘ
London Conference of 1830–1831 → diplomaticRoleOf → Great Powers of Europe ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
Treaty of London (1913) → mediatedBy → Great Powers ⓘ
Declaration of Independence of Albania (1912) → recognizedBy → Great Powers of Europe ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
Otto of Greece → appointedBy → Great Powers ⓘ
Political Zionism → seeksSupportFrom → European powers ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
Greco-Turkish War (1897) → involved → Great Powers ⓘ
Greco-Turkish War (1897) → mediatedBy → Great Powers ⓘ
Principality of Serbia → recognizedBy → Great Powers ⓘ
Muhammad Ali of Egypt → conflictWith → European Great Powers (over territorial expansion) ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
Cretan Question → involves → Great Powers ⓘ
Cretan Question → mediatedBy → Great Powers ⓘ
Preliminary Treaty of London on Belgian independence → wasNegotiatedBy → Great Powers of Europe ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
Greek Regency → appointedBy → Great Powers ⓘ
Victory in the Romanian War of Independence → recognizedBy → Great Powers of Europe ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
Thirty Days' War → involved → Great Powers of Europe ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
King of Greece → appointedBy → Great Powers (initial selection of Otto) ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
Treaty of London (1871) → recognizedBy → European Great Powers ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
Eastern Rumelia → recognizedBy → Great Powers ⓘ
Treaty of London (1832) → involved → Great Powers ⓘ
Russian Party (Greece) → relatedTo → Great Powers ⓘ
proclamation of the Kingdom of Romania → recognizedBy → European Great Powers ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers
Siege of Scutari (1912–1913) → involvedOrganization → Great Powers of Europe ⓘ
linked to: Great Powers