Paterson begins in the ancient world, considering popular explanations for the ascendance of Rome and, in particular, their victory over Carthage in the Punic Wars.

帕特森以古代世界开始，探讨了罗马获得主宰地位，尤其是他们在布匿战争中击败迦太基人的流行解释。

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The reality of China's ascendance and the shifting global balance of power is not in itself a revelation.

中国崛起以及全球力量平衡正在转移的现实，本身并非什么新发现。

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But the hosts were happy to pay tribute to China's ascendance and were optimistic about its ability to act as a responsible member of the global community.

但是美国队中国能够前往与会表示称赞，并且乐观认为，中国能够在国际团体中扮演负责角色。

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Forced to flee the country with her family, Hirsi Ali's childhood in Arabia and Africa revolved along the axis of Islamic ascendance at the hand of the Saudi-financed Muslim Brotherhood and Khomeini's Iran.

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While U.S. policy certainly bears its share of responsibility for the ascendance of the ICU, its failure lies in an unwillingness to offer greater support to anti-Islamist constituencies.

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In her own life, the clash of the two has been played out on the stage of Islamic ascendance and Western cultural collapse.

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