The aftermath of World War II was the beginning of an era defined by the decline of the old great powers and the rise of two superpowers: the Soviet Union and the United States of America.
One way in which the rule of Peter the Great in Russia and the rule of Emperor Meiji in Japan are similar is that both leaders "<span>(3) encouraged modernization," since both nations in many ways wanted to "catch up" with the western world. </span>
