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… was built as a marker of the northern limits of the Roman Empire and stands as a testament to its vast expanse. …

… into a political tool. Monarchs, princes, states, and empires aligned as either Protestant or Catholic and … occurred primarily in the Germanic lands of the Holy Roman Empire and pitted Catholic rulers against their Protestant … choice, and brought to an effective end the Holy Roman Empire. A painting by Gerard ter Borch of the ratification …

… troops played many roles in the service of the British Empire in World War I; here, Indian bicycle troops are … demonstrate India’s readiness for Dominion status within an Empire that he believed inherently just. The Rowlatt Acts …

… Egged on by its German allies, the Austro-Hungarian empire declared war on Serbia in late July. Within a few … allied with the Serbs in hopes of building a pan-Slavic empire, mobilized its armed forces. In turn, Germany threw …

… continued access to those ready lenders ensured that the empire of the Tsars would not be tempted away from its …

… major nation of the postwar era.” Representatives of the Empire of Japan stand aboard the USS Missouri prior to the … soldiers at “comfort stations” dispersed throughout Japan’s empire in the Asia-Pacific —and Japan’s whitewashing of war …

… took part in marches and meetings. The Austrian-Hungarian Empire alone witnessed more than 300 demonstrations. In the …

… Jacob Fugger of Augsburg, the financier of the Habsburg Empire, banker to the Vatican, and trader known …

… founding in the wake of World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. And debate over the constitution has been a … World War I general and was still nominally serving the Ottoman government. Rather than being a full constitution, …

… something that she refers to as the "alchemy of empire". Like the US does this because it's an empire. And this is, I think, an important starting point …

… Furthermore, Castro’s ability today to foment foreign revolutions is nil. Even in his heyday he never ignited a …

… then more powerfully by the French Revolution . From both revolutions Irish nationalists were inspired by ideas of … inspired by the republican, anti-monarchical ideals of both revolutions. Since the Irish saw themselves as rebelling …

… among ethnic groups who were minority populations in larger empires. Speaking to an international audience in Paris, he … of the war, four powerful multi-ethnic states in Europe— Ottoman , Austro-Hungarian,  Russian , and German—had …

… into the royal families of England, France, the German Empire, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, as well as concluding marriages with the nomadic …

… with his eight slaves came to take the site. In 1852, the Ottoman Empire made Dier Es-Sultan one of nine holy sites under the … late 1800s by Arab merchants, the market expanded under the Ottomans. Then during the British Mandate (1917-1947) the …

… murdered the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then fled to nearby Serbia. When tiny Serbia refused … were the defeat and dismemberment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the abolition of the 600-year-old House of …

… were first raised in the early 1930s. The 1934 British Empire Games (the precursor to the today's Commonwealth … to be shifted to London to assuage the concerns of some the empire's dominions over the "colour question." But it was …

… Meanwhile, corporate businessmen controlled their business empires from opulent boardrooms on Park Avenue. Even the …