The entire fall of the Aztec empire started with the fact that Cortes wanted to take over. He wanted to make it fall. So he set out with around 500 Spanish soldiers armed to the aztec Empire. Along the way‚ they came into contact with the Tlaxcala. When the came into contact‚ a battle burst out. Many of men were killed. Soon after many of the Tlaxcala were killed‚ the leaders along with a few other men finally said that they were enemies with the Aztecs and they would join in with the Spanish to
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Reading Guide #2 Question 1: Prior to the founding of the Roman Empire‚ Rome was a republic. Roman citizens elected officials in order to represent the common interest of the people. It had a powerful legislative body called the Senate‚ and “it advised on policy within the republic and members held virtually all executive offices in the Roman state”. (Stearns‚ Adas‚ Schwartz‚ and Gilbert 90) However‚ the highest elected position in the empire was the consul. Only two consuls were elected by an assembly
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The Fall of the Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire experienced a time of massive growth and exploration which came to an end in 1588. By 1598 Phillip III had inherited Spain with a bankrupt economy. This marked the decline of the great empire that had controlled an extensive amount of territories. Its decline can be attributed to the massive influx of gold and silver into the economy during the Age of Exploration which made Spain temporarily wealthy but had irreversible negative long term economic
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is not created. Reason 2: Government control for wealth creation to occur need a strong state to enforce laws‚ property laws‚ contracts‚ and policies. When you have a thriving economy‚ like Bill Gates‚ rich and poor people bought Microsoft products‚ which made him rich because they he created products people wanted. Government need to moderate the people who are left out of the success of enterprise and innervation. A need of power for the poor through wealth creation. Government plays an important
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Athenian empire. * The Delian League proved successful in expelling the Persian from the Aegean clearing pirates from the Ionian Islands. A fleet of ships was sent to Egypt to help with the revolt against the Persians but this ended in failure for the Athenian fleet in 454BCE. * In my 3rd: Under Cimon Athens transformed from a protector to a suppressor between 477 and 460 BCE. Cimon used the Delian League to establish Athenian imperialism and prepare the way for the Athenian empire; he then
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How did Roman empire fall? Roman empire; the most powerful‚ strong and invincible in Middle age. It covers around Mediterranean sea‚ Africa and Asia. Roman empire establish in 27 B.C. with Augustus Caesar as the emperor. And Roman empire still have power for a long time after that. But we have never know how does it ends. In the age that Roman empire is the most powerful empire. When it covers the area around Mediterranean sea. It looks good‚ but it makes Roman empire too big to rule‚ too big to
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Too much delegation on a local level tempted the military and others to divide or sever their loyalty to Rome.And because of the distance involved and the ned for local “autonomy” to meet local peculiarities‚ a highly centralized form of organization did not prove workable.(p:23-24) The above-mentioned
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decline of the British Empire The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how the enduring British Empire declined and collapsed throughout the twentieth century. The paper will enumerate the incontestable evidences and reasons that contributed and eventually resulted the disintegration. Furthermore‚ it will provide examples for the process of decolonisation through two states that possessed different status within the Empire. The British Empire was considered to be the largest empire throughout history
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In the old days‚ the Roman empire was the greatest empire in the whole Eurasia. It was strong both economically and politically; however‚ it fell like many empires that existed before. In my opinion‚ the causes of the fall of the Roman empire appeared as early as the third century. The first cause was the threat of the barbarians‚ afterwards the maintenance of the court‚ then the administration which led to the increase of the expenses of the Roman Empire. The civil wars‚ and anarchy‚ made the
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an empire while Hinduism took over the religion of Buddhism and the establishment of the caste system took place throughout the period 300-600 C.E. There were many features that changed throughout the classical era and many things that also continued after that. The Gupta Empire was founded by Chandra Gupta and was a very stable and prosperous empire from 320-588 C.E. After some time the Gupta Empire fell due to the invasions of Huns. India couldn’t maintain an empire due
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