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I’m not a fan of this description because it’s reductionist to the point of stupidity. It can be applied to any empire, from the Romans to the USA.

• anigbrowl 4y ago
  Empires do tend to have a lot of features in common and run into the same difficulties. I recommend The Fate of Empires by John Bagot Glubb for a concise statement of the problem.
  • orf 4y ago
    Thanks! I’ll check it out