Are Empires Always Bad?

Empires have been part of human history for millennia. Are they, of necessity, a bad thing?

The Course of Empire: Destruction by Thomas Cole

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Being part of the Aztec federation was not without its advantages

Caroline Dodds Pennock, Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of Sheffield

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