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This is how empires invented countries and changed the world forever
Many modern countries were not formed naturally but created through wars, colonial agreements, political deals, and imperial ...
Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History, by Thomas J. Barfield, Princeton University Press, 384 pages, $35 In his classic book Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History, the anthropologist ...
The ghosts of empire are haunting Eurasia. President Xi Jinping’s China is seeking to reclaim the power and privileges of the great dynasties that once bestrode Asia. President Vladimir Putin is ...
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