navies could not march inland and endanger liberties
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In the Mediterranean area thousands of years ago, the Phoenicians and Greeks built navies to go with their armies, and since then armies have usually come first, but there have been a few exceptions. Thomas Jefferson is alleged to have wanted a small but powerful US navy, and no US army except in time of war.
why did the western European spend much of there wealth on building strong armies and navies
The British had an Empire to defend (protect). That required armies/navies; and men made up armies/navies back then.
With the spread of colonialism European governments strengthened their armies and navies in order to maintain the status quo
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militalism
Armies use troops. Navies use crews.
Because for expansion
To protect themselves from attackers.
It was a sea battle - the southern Greek city-state navies versus the Persian navies mainly from Egypt, the Asian Greek cities and Phoenicia.
they were competing about money(economics), navies, armies, amount of resources, etc