Eighty-seven years separate the expeditions, led by Hernán Cortés and Captain Christopher Newport respectively, that laid the foundations of the empires of Spain and Britain on the …

Extensive land-empires or their heritage, once thought of as irrevocably buried in a traditional past, have proved surprisingly resilient. The modern Chinese nation-state effectively lays claim …

The largest empires of the early modern period were centered in Asia and North Africa: the Mongol state, Ming China, T ̄ım ̄urid (Mughal) India and Central Asia, and the Ottoman Empire.

May 3, 2022 · herefore, traces the ancestry of the contemporary political order. It explores the interplay of empires and nation , the main forms of large-scale governance, in the era since …

In this chapter you will learn about the difference between a civilization and an empire, the characteristics of empires, the impact of geography on civilizations and empires, how trade …

The last two centuries witnessed the rise and fall of modern empires. We construct a model which rationalises this in terms of the changing trade gains from empires.

If we desire to ascertain the laws which govern the rise and fall of empires, the obvious course is to investigate the imperial experiments recorded in history, and to endeavour to deduce from …