| The Congress established the Concert of Europe as an attempt to preserve peace after the years of Napoleonic Wars. |
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| Following the Congress of Vienna, and subsequent Concert of Europe system, several major empires took control of European politics. |
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| Historical examples include the spheres of influence recognized under the Concert of Europe, or the recognition of spheres during the Cold War following the Yalta Conference. |
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| This Gladstonian concept of a harmonious Concert of Europe was opposed to and ultimately defeated by a Bismarckian system of manipulated alliances and antagonisms. |
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