Empire is generally defined as a group of nations or states that are controlled by someone with a significant power (Wikipedia‚ n.d.). In another words‚ an empire is established when a state has absolute control over other different states (Crabben‚ 2009). Some ancient empires were stronger than others. Three important aspects that make up a strong empire are military power‚ expansion of colonial rule and the economy. British and Ottoman Empires were two examples of the great empires in the past
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Writing Prompt: In many ways North Carolina was the least typical of the 5 plantation colonies. Describe the unique features of colonial North Carolina and explain why this colony was so unlike its southern neighbors. In the midst of England’s colonization there were five colonies that excelled in exporting profitable crops. The colonies included Maryland‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia. Of these colonies North Carolina was the weakest
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government‚ also known as an empire‚ thrived in ancient times. However‚ these empires eventually met their inevitable downfall. So what caused these empires to fall? Take the Roman Empire for example‚ one of the biggest empires to ever exist. Due to political corruption within the empire and overexpansion‚ the empire came to an end. Around the time when the Roman Republic ceased to exist and formed into the Roman Empire‚ political corruption became a main issue within the empire. Elected officials would
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history’s greatest wars. This war was between the North (the states that did not have any slaves otherwise known as non -slave states) and the South (the states that ha slaves otherwise known as slave states). The North (otherwise known as the Union) won this war. The North won because they simply outnumbered the South (otherwise known as the Confederacy). After four years of hard fighting‚ the South just stopped receiving reinforcements like the North continued to get. The Union had certain advantages
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EUROPEAN COLONIES IN ASIA BRITISH EMPIRE IN ASIA • The British Empire comprised the colonies‚ protectorates‚ and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. • At its height‚ it was the largest empire in history and‚ for over a century‚ was the foremost global power. • At the peak of its power it was often said that "the sun never sets on the British Empire" because its span across the globe ensured that the sun was always shining on at least one of its numerous territories
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NAME: ____________________________ A Separate Peace Test A. MATCHING Match each term/description with the best answer. 1. _____ Gene 2. _____ Phineas 3. _____ Devon 4. _____ A. Hopkins Parker 5. _____ Blitzball 6. _____ Badminton 7. _____ Patch-Withers 8. _____ Lepellier 9. _____ “Ss” Club 10. _____ Enfeebled 11. _____ Inure 12. _____ Inveigle 13. _____ Tacit 14. _____ Idiosyncratic 15. _____ Sultriness 16. a) the one game Finny despised 17. b) peculiar; eccentric 18
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Why Did Plymouth Succeed? The Plymouth Colony was one of England’s first successful colonies in North America. There were two groups of people who founded Plymouth: the Pilgrims‚ also known as Separatists‚ and the Strangers. The Strangers were called the Strangers because the Pilgrims did not know who they were. The Pilgrims were called the Pilgrims because anyone who took a voyage for religious reasons were called pilgrims‚ however Pilgrim spelled with a capital P is reserved for the The Pilgrims
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British Recruitment WW1 Michael Johnson Source One This source comes from the book ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’ written by M. Arthur and published in 2002. The source shows the story of one man’s recruitment into the army. However the source shows how the recruitment officer‚ encouraged the man to lie about his age‚ so he was eligible to recruit for the army. This shows the eagerness of the government to recruit as many people as possible‚ it shows this because the recruitment officers
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always stronger than the other and their power kept growing as the others fell. This lead Germany to invade Rome. In doing so‚ Germany opened Rome up for many more attacks. In A.D. 451‚ the Huns attacked Gaul. Although they didn’t win‚ Rome’s Western Empire fell about 25 years later when the Huns leader‚ Attila‚ dethroned Rome’s last western emperor. The only part of Rome still standing was the east‚ which soon fell when Attila tried to expand the west towards
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Why did the Achaemenid Empire Fall? Throughout time there have been a number of Persian Empires‚ but none of them can compare to the great Achaemenid Empire‚ which ruled between 550 to 330BC. The Achaemenid Empire is known as the largest empire in Ancient history which stretched out approximately 8 million km² at the height of its power. So how does an Empire so large and with such great power collapse? Was it struggle for power‚ which every new king had to suffer after the death of Darius the
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