colonization‚ the Spanish Empire had built a powerful military‚ a cohesive empire throughout Europe and the North and South of the Americas‚ and was looking forward to Cultural Revolution and continued growth in overseas trade. This was the Spanish Golden Age‚ when the Iberian Nation was unrivaled as the cultural and economic hegemon of Europe. It seems insanity that in one short century‚ Spain would suffer a complete national breakdown‚ a partition‚ and one of the greatest falls from grace Europe had ever
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Before the conquistadors arrived in the Aztec empire‚ the city Tenochtitlan had some unusual‚ natural disaster in which between the years of 1517 and 1519‚ the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan had an earthquake‚ then Lake Texcoco had flooded the capital city. The Aztecs believed these disasters warned of the fall of their empire and the return of their god. In 1519‚ the Spanish explorer‚ Hernan Cortes arrived on the east coast of Mexico and to make sure his men cooperated with him marching across the jungle
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Diocletian concluded that the empire was far too large and complex to be ruled by only a single emperor. Therefore‚ in order to provide an imperial presence throughout the empire‚ he introduced a new system called the Tetrarchy. This system describes a form of government where power is divided among four individuals. In 285‚ Diocletian assigned his lieutenant Maximianus the Western half of the empire. In 286‚ Diocletian promoted him to the rank of Augustus or "Senior Emperor"‚ and in 293‚ he appointed
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The Ottoman Empire had taken control of the Armenians and had turned into a dictatorship. They started to dislike the Armenians. The Ottomans completely turned against the Armenians. They banned almost anything with the Armenians including their rights and even the mention of them. The Turkish turned against the Armenians as well and refused to lose to Armenians in competition‚ even coming up with the slogan "strive against successes of ethnic of sports." The Turkish said that was their ultimate
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Valery Umana Po. 3 1\30\15 The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman‚ Safavid‚ and Mughal Empires The Ottoman‚ Safavid‚ and Mughal Empires were forces to be reckoned with back in the day. Being powerful entities‚ their rise was paved with military prowess‚ religious tolerance‚ and having meritocratic systems‚ though this is not always the case. Their fall‚ however‚ was the result of their treatment of peasants‚ a plague of horrid rulers‚ and shortsighted economic handling. The Ottomans were blessed for
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and a huge army almost did so. The Mongol Empire was ruled by the greatest land conqueror of all time. Genghis Khan‚ he and his descendants led them through the three major stages of their reign. Genghis Khan united the different groups of nomads in Asia to create the greatest land conquering empire of all time. Temujin a Mongol chieftain who later became known as Genghis Khan rose to power as a teenager. While still a teenager Khan was able to the nomadic mongol tribes‚ among them were the Tatar
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The Rise and Fall of Civilizations Many successful empires in ancient history came to an end at one point. For example‚ the Roman Empire was very successful during the rise and fall of Augustus. Also‚ Ancient Greece which was successful during the rise and fall of Alexander the Great. Augustus and Alexander the Great were both similar in their rise. Augustus became emperor after the assassination of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great became king after the assassination of his father. They differ
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“I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered.” The Roman Empire was on the seven hills‚ also in the eastern empire. Julius Caesar was an emperor‚ Diocletian was an emperor‚ Constantine was the last emperor. The rise and fall occured because of the lack of social‚ political and economics. The lack of social is the reason for the rise and the fall. “Even with their excellent road systems‚ the Romans were unable to communicate quickly or effectively enough to manage their holdings.” (History Alive) The social
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time‚ on the East‚ the massive Mongol Empire was under the leadership of Chinggis Khan. The empire grew rapidly and descendants were sent invasions in all directions. With the Mongol’s developed technologies‚ various ideologies and commodities were dispersed and exchanged all over Eurasia. The East and the West both have strong cores. European powers in the West and Mongols in the East. These two powerhouses share no cultural uniformity. Europe’s ignorance of the Mongols productions was quite prominent
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with Genghis Khan who unites the Mongols‚ but the Mongol dynasty falls in 1368 A.D. The most important question is‚ but was the Mongol Empire brilliant or brutal? The documents that we read support that the Mongol empire was brutal. I will use documents 1 and 4 to support my arguments. The first reason the Mongol Empire was brutal has to do with the document on code of conduct whosever commits adultery will be executed. This evidence helps explain how the Mongol empire was brutal because they killed
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