Empire Builders: Icons of Conquest
Empires long benefitted from conquest through wealth accumulation and cultural dominance. They also enriched themselves through cultural appropriation of monuments and more, often at the cost of the conquered's autonomy and identity. Spanning from Rome to the Enlightenment, their legacies show where innovation intertwined with oppression, highlighting conflicts and cultural amalgamations.
Empires long benefitted from conquest through wealth accumulation and cultural dominance. They also enriched themselves through cultural appropriation of monuments and more, often at the cost of the conquered's autonomy and identity. Spanning from Rome to the Enlightenment, their legacies show where innovation intertwined with oppression, highlighting conflicts and cultural amalgamations.
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