Roman Empire was one of the biggest and most powerful empires of it’s time. Reaching from Greece to Egypt‚ the empire was bound to fall. The collapse of the Roman Empire in 476 A.D can be attributed to many social causes‚ such as the introduction of Buddhism‚ political causes‚ such as weak leaders‚ an economic causes‚ such as inflation. One of the main causes of the collapse was invasion by foreign people including the Huns‚ Vandals and Visigoths (DOC.4). The decline of the empire started when emperors
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The Fall of Rome The Roman Empire was a dominant force in Europe. Their power has amazed the world from their beginning to even today. However‚ even the great empire had their flaws and issues. Unfortunately‚ these issues would lead to their downfall. The economy‚ the military‚ political corruption‚ and Roman values all had their part in the fall of Rome. Like every great nation‚ money is a central concern. The empire spent so much on luxury items‚ inflation began to plague the economy. Coins became
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Rome was one of the greatest empires of the ancient world. The early Roman state was founded in 509 B.C. after the Romans drove out the hated Etruscan King‚ Tarquinius Priscus. By this time Rome had already grown froma cluster of small villages to a small city. Little did the settlers know that this was the beginning of one of the greatest and largest empires ever known. After Rome established itself‚ they were determined to never again be ruled by a monarch. The Romans set up
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The Roman Empire was once a vast and wondrous place where they conquered many places and many things. They had many great leaders and were a great empire but there were many things that went wrong. There are no definitive causes for the fall of the Roman Empire‚ yet there are multiple valid reasons as to why it happened such as military power‚ social problems‚ widespread of diseases‚ and moral strength. Military contributions in Roman times have helped the government‚ yet have hurt it at the same
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One of the reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire were political problems. There were several emperors that were unfit to rule‚ they were cruel to the people and greedy. The emperors usually inherited the throne‚ but did not have any knowledge on how to rule and their mentally unstable personality did not help. People asked the Praetorian Guard to assassinate the emperor in exchange for money or a position. When the emperor was assassinated there was no system to replace the him. Civil
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One of the longest lasting empires in history is the Roman empire‚ lasting for 507 years. Rome itself was founded and gained power before it was an empire‚ lasting for another 500 years and continuing on as the Byzantine empire. This essay will include how Rome became a republic and its rise. It will also include how the republic fell and the empire rose and how it fell. The Romans were not always always an empire. At first‚ they were a republic. For years they were a bunch of scattered tribes
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The Fall of the Byzantine Empire (1453 A.D.)- The Byzantine Empire‚ for centuries‚ had been in a state of free-falling decline since the end of the Fourth Crusade. While the empire was eventually able to revive itself after the devastating loss that the Fourth Crusade put Byzantium in 1261 A.D. with the rise of the Palaiologoi Dynasty‚ the empire had already endured far too much destruction to be saved from the crippling effects of war. In 1453‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ which had taken much of the Byzantine
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Empires fall for many reasons like the Roman Empire and the Han Empire such as wars and the spread of disease While others rise in their place by using their military strength reasons. In this paper will be going through Empires and the reason they fall and rise. One main reason Empires fell was because of the spread of diseases like smallpox and the bubonic plague. One of the empires that fell ill to disease was the Han empire‚ the disease smallpox spread because of the silk road from other parts
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The era dominated by the Roman Empire was one of the most well-known and influential periods of ancient history; that is until 476 A.D. when the empire collapsed. Rome’s rule of much of the Mediterranean and vast sections of Europe and Southwest Asia and remained in power for over 1000 years! So why would such a massive empire fall? Rome’s many issues led to its fall as there was no one single reason to why‚ but instead had a series of problems that grew much too large to solve. Unfortunately‚ no
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William Skuban History 3 9 February 2017 Fall of the Aztec Empire The Aztecs were a sedentary‚ highly advanced‚ and militantly powerful empire ruled by a dominant leader named Montezuma. For an empire like this to be defeated by foreigners‚ using simple force alone would not be able to conquer this civilization. Hernán Cortés‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ arrived in Mesoamerica and between 1519 and 1521 and would war against the Mexica in attempt to claim the Aztec empire for the glory of Spain. It is how Cortés
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