African empires

Nineteenth century, Britain had the largest empire in the world that covered a quarter of the land surface of the universe. Empire is an essential power that country such as Britain aims to possess for distinctive reasons. Empire was also known as the country presided over or the authority exercised by a ruler who happened to be called an emperor or the territorial possessions of a state outside its strict national boundaries (Porter, 1996). The British Empire had expanded rapidly between 1870…

Alexander the Great's contributions to the world are numerous, including the creation of the Macedonian Empire and sparking Hellenistic civilization. But what if he died before he could become “the Great”? When Alexander was twenty two, he fought and defeated the King Darius III and the Persians at the Battle of the Granicus River in Anatolia. He charged into their ranks, and came very close to death after a blow to the head. His bodyguard arrived in just in time to kill the attacker and save…

the best out of all of the colonies that I had visited. One of the factors that probably tapered the officials repression was the fact that they did not view the Indians to be as inferior as the African populations that they governed. In fact a bourgeois class of Indians are employed all over the empire including in Sierra Leone “ The British practice of indirect rule sought to create an Indian elite that would serve British interests” (Cole & Symes). What likely prompted the hands off…

and this resulted with imperialism in Africa. The Europeans thought that they were superior to the Africans because the Europeans believed in Social Darwinism; this was another reason why the Europeans wanted to take over Africa. The Europeans wanted to control every aspect of Africa for their benefit, including the political, economical, and personal lives of the Africans. Eventually the Africans had the desire to modernize. Soon after the Europeans took over Africa with their extremely…

Imperialism is a policy that seeks to increase its size, either by forcing or influencing other countries to submit to their rule. During the 1800s, Great Britain’s empire expanded to include India, other parts of Asia, and parts of Africa. Great Britain’s colonial rule had both positive and negative effects on the colonial empire. There were political, and economic causes of British Imperialism. Great Britain not only modernised countries, but also benefitted from them by their useful…

Europe was immensely under the control of the Roman Empire. A huge position of the civilized world…

Roman culture is a beautiful and exquisite culture that has define characteristics that we still apply today in the modern times. When we step outside our houses and into the public, we can easily spot some ways that has been influenced by roman culture. The thought of past cultures integrated with our cultures today can easily slip one’s mind because of everyday living and the uneducated. But if we can concentrate for a bit in our surroundings we can find a piece of each culture around us.…

ivory, pearls, and precious gems. Then there was the Byzantine Empire Empire. This was known as the “gateway to Europe” because it is the end of the Silk Road in Constantinople. They traded wine, grapes, woven goods, glassware, timber from the Black Sea region, art, fur, and animal hides. On the contrary, Mali’s main trade was gold. They traded through the Sahara desert. Mali had a whole expansions of markets just for west African goods. They traded gold, ivory, slaves, civet and gum arabic.…

In 1532, Pizarro led a small force of Spanish soldiers and conquered the mighty Inca Empire. Pizarro took advantage that the Inca Empire was going through a civil war, and dying of small pox took take over the Inca Empire. He then founded the Spanish colony of Peru, ruling former Inca territories. Pizarro acquired much territory for Spain. Pizarro was illiterate and illegitimate; coming to the Americas…

were accomplished by civil engineering to build roads, bridges, theaters, and forums. Most of the architecture still exist because they are solid and sturdy. The Romans were able to accomplish a vast empire over the centuries; the empire developed throughout the Mediterranean area, Northern African, Asia, and Europe. The Colosseum has construed during the ruling of Emperor Vespasian between…