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    Roman Empire and Mongolian Empire The key to the Mongolian success lied in their excellent horsemanship‚ their use of the composite bow‚ their unimaginable discipline and communication on the battlefield and also their ability to adapt to enemy tactics. The Mongolian invasion of China often makes it sound as though these nomadic people did not have much of a battle plan‚ however it is the exact opposite according to (Conant‚ 1994) “Genghis Khan was a very cautious man‚ and would study the towns

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    Age of Empire

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    essay is a short review on Hobsbawms chapter entitled the Age of Empire‚ it is to give a summary of the chapter at the same time pointing out the main points he mentions in the reading. The reading is basically about a period called the ‘Age of Empire’‚ which was a period from 1975 to 1914. It was given the name Age of Empire for the reason that leaders of that period preferred to be called by the title Emperor. The writer highlights how the world economy was being controlled by the developing capitalist

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    The Ottoman Empire

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    ~ T HE O TTOMAN E MPIRE ~ AND THE W ORLD A ROUND I T ~ For Virginia Aksan in friendship ~ ~ The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It ~ S URAIYA F AROQHI ~ Published in 2004 by I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road‚ London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue‚ New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan a division of St Martin’s Press 175 Fifth Avenue‚ New York NY 10010 Copyright © Suraiya Faroqhi 2004 The right of Suraiya Faroqhi

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    Mayan Empires

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    Unlike the Han and Roman empires‚ the Mayans cannot be considered an empire because they lacked a centralized‚ state-level government‚ had relatively low peace and prosperity‚ and declined more from environmental issues than internal issues. One of the necessary preconditions for the rise of an empire is a state-level government; however‚ the Mayans did not fulfill this requirement and had numerous city-states. The Mayans’ political system was divided into rural communities and urban centers with

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    The Byzantine Empire

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    belongs to Greek man named Byzas. The whole Empire of Byzantine was Greek speaking and it was also in the continuation of eastern part of great Roman Empire during the period of late Middle East ages and late antiquity. The capital of this Empire was Constantinople that known in the modern age with the name of Istanbul. Byzantine also survived the fragmentation and it causes fall to the Western Roman Empire. During the period of 5th century AD this Empire was the most powerful in terms of culture‚

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    The Mayan Empire

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    The Mayan empire was a pre-Columbian civilization located in Central America near the Mexico - Guatemala border. These geniuses lived about 500 -600 years B.Sc. They developed technology that rivaled the masterminds of that era in the Eurasian continent. There is evidence that leads to running water‚ sewer systems and the concept of 0 which did not come to existence in the old world hundreds of years later. This empire was all about religion‚ their gods‚ and human sacrifice. Since there was an

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    The Mughal Empire

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    The Mughal Empire Vinay Lal The great grandson of Tamerlane‚ Babar‚ who on his mother’s side was descended from the famous Genghiz Khan‚ came to India in 1526 at the request of an Indian governor who sought Babar’s help in his fight against Ibrahim Lodi‚ the last head of the Delhi Sultanate. Babar defeated Lodi at Panipat‚ not far from Delhi‚ and so came to establish the Mughal Empire in India. Babar ruled until 1530‚ and was succeeded by his son Humayun‚ who gave the empire its first distinctive

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    Muslim Empires

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    The Muslim Empires Since the beginning‚ all empires have faced change in many ways‚ declining and rising in status. Many empires have collapsed‚ only to start again under a different name. Like all empires‚ the three Muslim Empires‚ the Ottomans‚ Safavids‚ and Mughals have faced this inevitable state. Although each individual empire is different‚ they each have similarities in their reasons for decline. Whether it is social‚ religious‚ economic‚ or political reasons‚ the empires‚ like many others

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    large impact on western culture. Illustrations of The Trigan Empire uses historical depictions of Roman architecture such as Pantheon-like buildings and aquaducts. While not directly related to war or violence‚ it illustrates a familiar context when seen together with other war related aspects of Roman society. Clothing and armour of the citizens of Trigan are immediately recognizable as Roman. Fig 1. Depits the Emperor of the Trigan Empire: Trigo adorned with a breastplate with raised shoulder plates

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    Age Of Empires

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    Analysis (15%) Name: Sheung Yau Chung Student Number: 301236546 1. Age of Empires II: The Conquerors‚ published by Microsoft in 2000‚ is the second game in the Age of Empires series. 2. My favorite definition of a game written by Greg Costikyan: “A game is a form of art in which players make decisions in order to manage resources through game tokens in pursuit of a goal”. His definition of a game directly applies to Age of Empires II because player’s decisions in manipulating tokens (the game tokens

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