Land power

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A land power is a state whose power , unlike a sea ​​power, is based primarily on the strength of its land forces .

Land powers in antiquity were, for example, the ancient oriental empires, Sparta , Macedonia or the Roman Empire in its early days. In the Middle Ages the Holy Roman Empire was a land power and in modern times Austria-Hungary , Prussia or Russia . In geopolitics , for example, it is discussed whether a land power or a sea ​​power can dominate geopolitically. The pair of terms is about the core of the Heartland theory

The official name for the army of the Netherlands is Koninklijke Landmacht .

Web link

Wiktionary: Landmacht  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
  • Land power at wortscheutung.info

Individual evidence

  1. Herfried Münkler, ´´Landmacht mit Seemacht´´ , Die Zeit 49/2014 of December 11, 2014.