Between 1800 and 1918, the British Empire was the ruling Hegemony; it controlled 25% of the Earth's land area.
The empire eventually fell, for three main reasons
- Colonies began to demand independence and various demonstrations were hard to refuse
- WW1 had bankrupted the UK and they could no longer afford to run a global empire
- After WW1, the UK also began to focus on rebuilding within the UK as opposed to over seas rebuilding
Between 1945 and 1990, the USSR and USA were the global powers - bi-polar world- during the Cold War.
Following the eventual collapse of the USSR, USA became the one true superpower - uni-polar world.
However the USA is now threatened by the rise of the BRICs - NICs and RICs which have rapidly begun to develop and are considered to be emerging superpowers.
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