recognition of earlier superpowers does recognition of earlier superpowers really need to be here since there is a page called historical powers which talks about these countries pretty much the same way it would take up way too much room to list all the historical powers which could be called superpowers a term used far too liberally and would take the focus away from the united states soviet union and the british empire which were actually called superpowers i think deleting the recognition of earlier superpowers and creating a link to historical powers would much better and less confusing since none of these countries were ever called superpowers user daniel chiswick may