Conflicts and Wars
Examples which have been given for general crisis and state breakdown during this period include:
- The Thirty Years War in Germany (1618–48)
- The Economic Crisis in the Holy Roman Empire (1619–1623)
- The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1639–51), The Protectorate (1653-59), and the Glorious Revolution (1688) in Britain and Ireland
- The collapse of the Ming Dynasty and rise of the Qing Dynasty in China (1644–62)
- The Fronde in France (1643–68)
- Revolts against the Spanish crown in Naples, Portugal, and Catalonia
- The climax of the Dutch Revolt and related conflicts (ends in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia)
- Numerous internal revolts in the Ottoman Empire (especially 1622)
- The disintegration of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Deluge
- The beginning of Sakoku in Japan and the Shimabara Uprising (1638)
- The Char Bouba War in Mauritania (1644–74)
- The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14)
Read more about this topic: The General Crisis
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