The World Order and the High Seas and Oceans

Historically, the emergence of world power centers was associated with their great military that controlled vast swathes of land and subjugated other armies, antagonized other nations, besieged cities, invaded the mainlands of opponents, possessed large naval fleets that roamed the waters reaching the depths of seas and the heights of oceans, controlled commercial navigation routes protecting them from pirates, made sure their ships are safe, and reassured merchants that their commodities and merchandise carried in these ships could securely travel to various countries.