Editing Superpower (section)

===Modern globalization (1800–1945)===
{{Main article|Modern globalization}}
* [[British Empire]] (main reserve currency from 1815 to 1920: [[Pound sterling]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.midasgoldgroup.com/news/world-reserve-currencies-since-1450/#:~:text=Since%201450%20there%20have%20been,States%20from%201921%20to%20today | title=World Reserve Currencies Since 1450 | date=6 January 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Clayton |first=Anthony |date=1986 |title=The British Empire as a Superpower, 1919–39 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08609-2 |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-08609-2 |isbn=978-1-349-08611-5}}</ref>
* [[First French Empire]] of [[Napoleon|Napoleon I]] and [[French colonial empire|Second French Colonial Empire]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 December 2021 |title=Second French Colonial Empire |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/geography/second-french-colonial-empire.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=WorldAtlas |language=en-US}}</ref>

According to historical statistics and research from the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]], until the [[early modern period]], Western Europe, [[Imperial China|China]], and [[Indian subcontinent|India]] accounted for roughly two thirds of the world's GDP.<ref name="Maddison 2006 656">{{cite book |last=Maddison |first=Angus |title=The World Economy – Volume 1: A Millennial Perspective and Volume 2: Historical Statistics |year=2006 |publisher=OECD Publishing by [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] |isbn=9789264022621 |page=656 |url=http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?K=5L9ZBQKL5RLW&lang=EN&sort=sort_date%2Fd&stem=true&sf1=Title&st1=world+economy&sf3=SubjectCode&sp1=not&st4=E4+or+E5+or+P5&sf4=SubVersionCode&ds=world+economy%3B+All+Subjects%3B+&m=3&dc=26&plang=en}}</ref>