During the sixteenth century, the peacetime armies of the Continental Powers were about 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers--very, very little.

6世纪时,欧洲大陆上的强国,和平时期的军队数量很少,大约一万到两万人

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somewhere within the U.S., the continental U.S.

去美国本土的某个地方。

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So, between 1650 and 1750, and this is right out of what you're reading, the rulers of continental Europe, of the biggest states extended their power.

所以从1650年到1750年这段时期,这正好与你们阅读的内容一致,欧陆上,统治者们扩张了他们的势力

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So this is the big continental divide for the course.

这里就是这个课程的大分水岭。

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