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    consider the British Empire as the most powerful and successful empire to have ever existed. Despite not having many resources or a large population, the small island soon had control throughout the world, accentuating the saying, “The sun never sets on the British Empire”. The British Empire’s presence lasted for nearly four hundred years, through various external and internal conflicts that threatened the country’s resources, people, colonies, and more. The British Empire rose due to a number of

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    Constantinople. The empire grew out to the Middle East and to Northern Africa. The Eastern side of the Roman empire became too known as the Byzantine empire. The empire held its power for 500 years after it collapsed. There are a lot of reasons why the empire fell and one of them are that they were attacked by barbaric tribes like the Goths. The roman empire also fell because they overly relied on peasants who were the farmers and the soldiers in the military. The roman empire was also attacked by

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    marked a huge turning point in the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Then in 476, Odoacer became the first Barbarian king of Western Rome and marked the end of the once so great empire which was split into two. The West was now ruled by Barbarians, while the East was formed into the Byzantine Empire. Some historians believe that the fall of the Roman Empire was inevitable. Other historians believe that it was not inevitable. With an empire that big, religion splitting a country into two, and other

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    The Byzantine Empire was a vast powerful empire dating from 330-1453. The capital was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), first known as Byzantium. To begin with, the Roman Empire was split up into two halves by Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 285. The empire was divided into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire (The Byzantine Empire). The Eastern Roman Empire was similar to the Western Roman Empire but had some prime differences. These differences included language, acceptance of Christianity

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    reasons in which the Persian empire is considered one of the greatest civilizations ever in human history and this can mostly be attributed to the stupendous leadership of the one and only Cyrus the great. One of the best kings that the world has ever seen and was the most dominant man in his era. He was brilliant and extremely powerful as he was smart and strong enough to conquer almost every single land within his area and put them all together into one persian empire. The legacy that Cyrus left

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    Revised paper proposal and bibliography The Mongol empire was one the greatest empires of all time expanding all over Central Asia. Bordering Chinese states, the Khwarazmian empire, present day Afghanistan, Siberia, Iran, and many more, at its height the mongol empire was over 20,000,000 square kilometers. This was all possible due to extraordinary men in Central Asia, ruled by Genghis khan emperor of the Mongol empire. These Asian nomads along with their fearless and intelligent leader, flourished

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    Rome was once an extremely strong empire that influenced modern day culture, architecture and legal matters. Buildings were made of beautiful marble; some pieces still stand. Patricians lived lavish lives and certain leaders made the Empire amazing. Rome was a role model of all the civilizations coming after it. But as many great things do, this place of many achievements and advances had a slow and gradual fall. There are many reasons why this empire fell but there are a few that standout. The hardships

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    The Fall of the Roman Empire Stretching over 2.2 million miles squared, and with a population of almost 120 million people, (UNRV History) the Roman Empire was one of the largest civilizations in recorded history. In the last century of the Empire, it started to fall apart from the inside, though the problems had began in the early days of the civilization. Due to many factors, the once great empire was defeated by Germanic tribes. Now, Rome is only a city inside of Europe, no longer the vast Country

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    The question is not what empire was the most successful but how did they do it. An empire is a kingdom is so powerful that they can conquer the kingdoms around them who have different cultures and it becomes multi-ethnic. The Persian empire is said by many to be by far the most successful. They are known for many different things including creating the road system and shaping what we know today as the middle east. There are many different reasons the Persians were able to grow to control so much

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    Throughout history there has been times when empire building and expansion were very popular. During the Early Modern Era, from 1450-1750, this occurred a lot. The European, Russian, Chinese, Mughal and, Ottoman empires were all being built around the same time. An empire is a group of states or countries under one supreme ruler. When the empire is divided by an ocean or has part of it distant from the other, the part away from the mainland is known as a colony and the homeland is the Mother Country

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