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Summary Of: Empire

Empire contrasts with the example of a... in its heyday as the largest empire in world history... What constitutes an empire is subject to wide debate and varied definitions... An empire can be described as any state pursuing... ethnic or colonial empire may have no natural shared language... spread Greek as the unifying language of their empire and of its successor... The Arab Empire succeeded in developing a cultural unity based on language and religion which continues to unify... was established as a loosely defined empire in the 15th century BC under... While the greatest empire of the ancient Western world was governed from... to the East a larger empire in scope and duration was established under the dynastic rule of China... this empire split into four separately run kingdoms under the... thus the Holy Roman Empire was not always centrally controlled... description of the Holy Roman Empire generally is only applicable to its late period... The British Empire by 1920 had become the largest empire in history... The British Empire by 1920 had become the largest empire in history... Another heir to the Holy Roman Empire arose in the period of 1871... declared empire status in 1822... France remained an empire under the definition used here... them to attempt to negotiate inclusion into the empire on the best terms available... An empire can mutate into some other form of... empire of conquest no longer appears as an empire at all... An autocratic empire can readily become a... Proponents of the empire view point to the over 700 American military bases worldwide as of 2005... that the EU has transformed itself into an empire by coercing its neighbours into adopting economic... the British Empire was an unopposed hyperpower...

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