History A-Level
Global strategic network
What Global strategic network means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Global strategic network
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A worldwide system of bases that underpinned Royal Navy power and imperial trade and that grew in importance with steam navigation.
Topics that use Global strategic network
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 2 The changing nature of the Royal Navy (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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