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Almost certainly it was Peter the Great; he was the first great westward-looking tsar, defeated the Swedes (a fairly major power at the time led by a military genius of sorts) on the shore of the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg as his European capital.
To expand the power of state governments
There were several major events that happened after WW1. One was a type of influenza that killed over twenty million people world wide. Another major event was the formation of the League of Nations. The only major world power that did not join was the United States. The Congress at that time regressed to an isolationist mode. There is no evidence, however, that if the US was in the League of Nations that it would have resulted in any major change in the history of the world. Germany and Japan as an example simply dropped out of the League. The League was worthless and allowed more wars.
other countries had to recover from the effects of the first World War and the US was hardly effected by it.
The US was considered as a World Power for the first time.
Lenin made Russia a major power
The first major factor was the end of World War II. Russia had shown its dominance during the war and America was worried about its power.
Wealth and military power have long been the decision in becoming a major power in Western Europe and the world.
Japan.
Building the pyramids, being a world power....
Italy - Japan - Germany .
bob the builder
He came to power in 1914 on the first world war
Japan emerged as a major world power
Japan emerged as a major world power
France