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EMPIRE - Coggle Diagram
EMPIRE
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Brainstorm
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Great Power, economy, etc
Expert Definition
Burbank and Cooper: An interconnected web of power including ever expanding territories and weapons. Often times Empire-building was a destructive process
Empires Defined: A single society takes over previously autonomous society with separate societies and customizes to exploit their resources. This is done through militant force
Eurasian Empires as Political Systems: A single political system so large that it ruled over multiple cultures and bodies, ruled by a single person who used others to carry out their will
Commonalities
Success
Strong Military: Ottoman Janissaries, Japanese Samurai, The Qing dynasty expanded in every direction during their rule, the Mughals often did the same
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Nuetral
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They all ruled over a vast land, and many cultures, religions, etc
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Diffferences
Tolerance: The Japanese preached isolationism as well as a single religion, while Mughal success in Akbar's rule, in part, was his religious tolerance towards Hindus
They all came to rule after a period of failure by the previous rulers/dynasty or warring between many rulers, all after a previously successful dynasty, which they based their model upon, EXCEPT the Ottomans
Dictionary Definition
Marriam Webster: A major political unit having a great amount of territory, or great number of territories, generally ruled under one chief of state