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    expansive empires to exist on the subcontinent of India are the Maurya Empire which dominated ancient India from 322 BCE to 187 BCE and the Mughal Empire which had control from 1526 to 1857 until the British Raj took over. Although these empires existed almost two thousand years apart, they have a great deal in common including what made them such successful and far-reaching political forces, and maintain differences like what succeeded them after their downfalls. The Mauryan Empire is considered

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    The Byzantine Empire was the successor of the Roman Empire during the time period of Late Antiquity and the Medieval Ages. The Byzantine Empire was also called Eastern Roman Empire, so this proves that it was a continuation of the Roman Empire, but they were speaking Greek, and did not forget about the Greek tradition. According to Browning, the physicians during the Byzantine Empire like Oreibasios, who was “the Emperor Julian’s physician and friend”, use the scientific and old version of Greek

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    The Ottoman Empire was one of the longest enduring empires. In 1299 ce, the earliest Ottoman state was recorded in the western part of Anatolia, Turkey. The key goal at the time of creation was to expand the empire as soon as possible.The Ottoman empire, also known as a Turkish Empire was founded by Osman the first. In the beginning stages of Ottoman expansion, leaders of the group were Turkish warriors for Islamic faith. After maintaining control of the small northwest area of Turkey, other areas

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    of empire building (1450 - 1800) had many empires world wide competing for global dominance, for instance, one empire Spain. Spain was one of the greatest empires in this period due to the fact that through its many colonies in the Americas which allowed them to become wealthy because of the gold and other resources found there. Another empire was the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was one of the most successful empires in view of the fact that its size was so great and the Ottoman Empire formed

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    EMPIRE OF THE MOGHUL: RULER OF THE WORLD - BY ALEX RUTHERFORD Ruler of the World is a fictionalised novel on the third great Mughal Emperor Akbar. This is the third part (out of five) of “Empire of the Mughal” series by Alex Rutherford. The author’s pen name is Diana Preston from London. This book is a continuation of the second part i.e. Humayun’s history . The book chronicles

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    The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires all contributed to create what is known as the Age of Gunpowder Empires between 1450-1800 (Islamic Empires). Although these empires were thought to be extremely different, the vast amount of similarities within their actions and methods proved to be almost identical. These empires focused their power on military and used new technological advances with firearms; this included the cannon and small arms. The Empires even took it upon themselves to develop a

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    The Roman Empire was a time when the government was ruled by emperors and there were boarders around that distinguished which land belong to the Romans and which did not. It encompassed the coastland and people of three continents: Africa, Asia and Europe. Many like to remember it was “the last and greatest of the Hellenistic empires, with all of the cultural variety that the term connotes” (Andrea & Overfield, 2014, p. 300). Because of the characterization of “The Fall of the Roman Empire” many have

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    Roman Empire and the reasons for the fall, including looking at the reasons for the split in the Empire in c. 312- 395 CE and how the eastern half managed to survive for so much longer before finally falling. I am interested in these areas as before when learning about the Roman Empire we never cover that it had broken in two and I was also interested to learn that the Byzantine Empire was what remained of the Roman Empire, we also never explored how the empire ended, just that the Empire fell and

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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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    The Roman Empire versus the Greek Empire Introduction The Greece and the Roman empires are considered to be amongst the most powerful empires in history as their impact is still felt some 2000 years after they were conquered. The Greece Empire is said to have lasted for approximately 350 years while the Roman Empire is said to have lasted for between 500 and 1500 years based on how one interprets the rule of the Romans (Ahbel-Rappe 530). Over time, there has been a debate on which of the two empires

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