ASIN: B00MRPKQXC
Publisher: Go Entertain
Pages: 35
*Includes pictures*Profiles the important people and events for multiple empires, including the British, Spanish, Viking, Greek, and Roman empires, and more*Includes a table of contentsImperialism and the motivations behind it are a controversial and complex subject. But what powers the formation of an empire? Is it the fundamental urge to strike out into uncharted territory to discover “brave new worlds”? The sheer need for more territory? The desire to spread cultural, political, and religious influences? Or a straightforward lust for conquest, dominance, and plunder? From the age of antiquity, the desire of powerful civilizations to enlarge their territory and spread their influence has inflicted death, destruction, and oppressive regimes on countless millions around the globe and deprived them of their rightful territory. Empires are also frequently underpinned by slavery.But ...
