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    The year was 1600‚ and Spain was unquestionably at the zenith of its power. After a successful Reconquista and explosion of colonization‚ the Spanish Empire had built a powerful military‚ a cohesive empire throughout Europe and the North and South of the Americas‚ and was looking forward to Cultural Revolution and continued growth in overseas trade. This was the Spanish Golden Age‚ when the Iberian Nation was unrivaled as the cultural and economic hegemon of Europe. It seems insanity that in one

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    The Roman religion began as a polytheistic one. As the empire expanded so did the acceptance of Greek gods‚ these gods included Mars the god of war and Jupiter. They built these gods in temples all over the cities. The gods had human-like characteristics along with human-like emotions such as hate jealousy and fear. The empire began to expand rapidly under the rule of Augustus‚ and because of this the Roman empire began to gain new people with new religious views such as Jews and Christians‚ Christianity

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    The Roman Empire were the largest and longest-lasting empires that were ever made by the western world. Rome inspired many countries and civilization with their art‚ literature‚ and architecture. The Roman Empire took and change the best features of cultures it conquered‚ places like Egypt‚ Greece‚ and‚ Asia. While they did take things from other civilizations‚ the roman empire made great contributions to language‚ law‚ and architecture. Rome’s origins came from a tribe of Iron Age called Latins

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    Empire. The Ottoman Empire was a group in Northwest Anatolia‚ it had fallen towards the end of World War I. Lawrence of Arabia was a british soldier. He went to the Middle East to find a leader for an Arab revolt. Lawrence was a strong encourager of Arab nationalism‚ which helped weaken the Ottoman Empire. He worked closely with Prince Faisal‚ who became the leader of the Arab revolts. Prince Faisal believed he would become the leader of an Arab country after World War I. Though he was later rejected

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    The Russian Empire founded in 1720‚ it was the third largest empire in world history‚ and it stretched over three continents. The 20th century in Russia started with the catastrophe of the Russo-Japanese War. With the lost‚ Russia was economically devastated and the national morale was virtually non-existent. The Russian people had had enough of the impotent Tsar Nicholas II. Russia‚ unlike the rest of Europe‚ was backward society. In Russia‚ they still had many serfs. The Russians knew they needed

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    Religion in the Roman Empire had a large scale affect on society and politics. In the 1st c. AD the Roman Empire was the largest empire in the world and it had many enemies surrounding it. The problems lay not only outside of the empire but internally also. There are corrupt and power-hungry leaders. The first assassination of a Roman Emperor is committed during this time. Another problem develops. Peoples religious views are changing and talk of a single god who is going to send a savior and

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    During the thirteenth century‚ the Mongolian Empire dominated Eurasia through theconquests of Ghenis Khan‚ and the victories over vast regions of people and land allowed for theestablishment of trade routes across great distances. This merger of lands permitted the beginning of trade between the oriental and occidental; therefore‚ the Mongolian Empire became an agent for theunprecedented exchange of ideas‚ goods‚ and political gestures on an international scale. There weremultiple causes that lead

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    Western Europe experienced following the breakdown of the Roman Empire in 476 ce. Alexander’s death was sudden and his empire disintegrated into a 40-year period of war and chaos in 321 BCE. Dissension and rivalry soon afflicted the Macedonians. During that time‚ there was a major power struggle since the central administration of the empire collapsed and Alexander failed to assign an heir. This led to his generals battling each other to rule their own kingdom.The Hellenistic world eventually settled

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    In the mid 1800’s the US was in a state of rapid expansion westward. There was territory that had not been developed in the western United States‚ and as the population grew in the United States‚ people wanted to move to where they could own land. The expansion of the railroads‚ including railroads that spanned the entire United States‚ helped accelerate this movement. However‚ there were also multiple Native American tribes that had territory out west. As the population expanded westward‚ the Native

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    conquered the Mesopotamian Empire. They prearranged themselves into self-governing cities. Around the year two thousands three hundred and thirty BC‚ the Sumerian cities were conquered by King Sargon I and the Akkadian Empire was founded. Around the year two thousand and two hundred BC the Akkadian Empire was conquered and a long period of division started. Around the year one thousand and eight hundred BC‚ the city of Babylon attained supremacy and founded a lasting empire. The last great dominance

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