Empires in decline (Paperback)

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Independently Published, 2026

9798192512036

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Paperback. Why do even the most powerful empires in history break up?Empires are created by military strength, economic resources, political alliances, and the ability to unite different peoples under a common rule. But no great power lasts forever. Over time, the costs of expansion grow, social tensions intensify and wrong political decisions shake even seemingly unshakable orders.This book examines the decline of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Tsarist Empire, and the British Empire. The focus is not only on well-known battles and important rulers. Equally important are economic crises, power struggles within the elites, controversial reforms, social inequality, national movements and the creeping loss of political control.Why was the Eastern Roman Empire able to exist almost a thousand years longer than the Western Empire? What were the consequences of the conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders? Why did the Ottoman Empire's attempts at reform fail? Why did the rule of the Romanovs collapse within a few days? And how did the British Empire transform itself from a global colonial power into an association of independent states?The book shows that empires rarely perish from a single cause. External enemies become particularly dangerous when economic problems, political blockades and internal conflicts have already weakened the resilience of an empire. Military defeats can accelerate this process, but it is often the decisions of one's own leadership that turn a crisis into a catastrophe.A comprehensibly written non-fiction book for readers interested in history who want to get a well-founded overview of the rise, crisis and fall of important empires. Historical contexts are explained vividly, without requiring any special previous knowledge. This creates a lively approach to a central question in world history: Why do great powers lose their power? Parts of the text have been revised with the support of artificial intelligence. It was used as a tool in structuring, research and linguistic elaboration. The contents have been carefully edited, historically classified and checked for factual consistency. In this way, the book combines modern working methods with the claim to offer a serious, understandable and high-quality presentation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titel
Empires in decline (Paperback)
Autor
Nico Schaefer
Verlag
Independently Published
Erscheinungsjahr
2026
Zustand
new
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-13
9798192512036

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