Portuguese Empire

an empire that reigned throughout Europe, Britain, Northern Africa, Mediterranean Islands and most of Western Asia. With all this land under one ruling Ancient Rome was culturally diverse, there was a widespread use of Roman language which included Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. Many religions were practiced and respected among the people, who were also paying roman taxes. The romans left behind aqueducts , western alphabet and calendars among many things. As their empire…

This can be seen as the portuguese sent people from their territories to go harvest products from foreign lands. The text “The Economic Bases of Imperialism” was written by John Hobson, an english economist, in the year 1902. The text was written with the intention of convincing…

African civilizations. Of these, Egypt is the most prominent topic. This country’s rich history “stands alone among ancient African civilizations as being indicative of the early development of large-scale governments” (Khaypoya, 2012, p. 69). This empire ruled for approximately 2000 years, going through three distinct phases of kingdoms. The Old Kingdom merged the lifestyle of many different regions into one central government. It was “Africa’s earliest large-scale political economy,” which…

Ancient Rome grew, in the eighth century B.C., from a small town into one of the most powerful empires the world has ever seen. On the Tiber River in central Italy it grew until it comprised of a large portion of today’s Europe including Britain, parts of Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean islands. The Romans are the reason why the Romance languages are so widespread such as Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese which are all derived from Latin, and created the modern calendar and Western…

“At the height of the Roman Empire a quarter of the world’s population lived under Roman law”(“Frontiers” 1). The Roman Empire was a powerful yet strong government. It grew to five million square kilometers under the rule of a great warrior and emperor named Trajan. “Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman History…”(“Trajan”1). Trajan lived to be sixty-three years old nineteen which he ruled as emperor. He was a great man,…

settlement movement led to the formation of the great Spanish and Portuguese maritime empires, as well as later taken possession of the English and French (North America, counters on the spice route ...). The operating system of these colonies is essentially called the Triangular Trade. The…

transitioning into a colony of Great Britain, it became unambiguous that British motivations were the search for a cheap supply of resources, human and material, to ultimately contribute to the subsidence of the British Empire. Consequently during the early decades of colonial…

Mughal emperor, who was born in Umarkot, Sindh, and inherited the throne of his father, Humayun at the age of 13-14 in 1556. He ruled India for almost 50 years till 1605 during which India went through the most glorious period in its history. His empire saw Akbar grow from his teens and become a wise, strategic leader, who transformed India, and came to be known as Akbar, The Great. During his early years of rule from 1556 to 1560, Akbar was a figure of the throne, and the main decisions of rule…

Askia the Great – Prosperity of the Songhai Empire Songhai Empire, located in West Africa, reached its peak under the leadership of Askia the Great, an authoritative military leader. He not only expanded the border of the empire but also encouraged education for its citizens. In addition, Askia augmented trade with foreign countries and set up regulations on measurements and customs. He also unified and controlled the nation efficiently by centralizing the government. Under his reign, Songhai…

century, the expansion of Russian peasants would spread into Siberia, changing the landscape and how it was separated. Valerie Kivelson's study of ignored Russian maps in the expansion of the early Russian empire is a major and important work for the comparative social history of migrations and empires in itself. In addition, explores both property and geographical mapping as indications of the distinct display of the Russian state and of the Orthodox faith. The use of maps was crucial for the…