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An empire is not defined by its internal form of government, but by having a poweful core state that keeps other territories (provinces, colonies, client states
by brazzy 4y ago
An empire is not defined by its internal form of government, but by having a poweful core state that keeps other territories (provinces, colonies, client states) in permanent subservience.
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoSurely not, an empire has an emperor/empress (an Imperator of some sort).
- brazzy 4y agoNo, that is not the definition used by historians and political scholars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire#Definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire#Definition Because what some ruler calls him- or herself isn't really a useful category.