How and why did the age of powerful empires evolved into a pattern of state-building?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but correct responses should include: The collapse or unraveling of some empires showed that the world was not yet safe for large-scale imperialism. State building became a pattern in the regions surrounding the new empires, using their inspirations in culture and politics, but also challenging them and their borders. The difficulty in maintaining the economic and political stability of large empires was easier and more attainable in these new states. Increased communications and infrastructure allowed these new states easier exchanges of influence, ideas, and technologies between widely separated regions. Increased communication also brought divisive results that made it hard for large empires to maintain central control. The results of new ideas were so different that they stimulated conflict: mutually hostile religions, mutually antagonistic world visions that enabled states to form around similar views and cultural visions and challenge the empires for power, land and control.
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