States and Empires in Eurasia
Strayers definition of an empire-
First definition- political system with coercive power.
Second definition- larger, more aggressive states that conquers other states, used their natural resources, and rules a multiethnic state under a common political system.
-They are conquering other people to build a greater empire, they are conquering other ethnic groups not just one this forming diversity in the empire. The political views on how to keep charge on all the people coming into the empire was also something that had to be determined. They would also take the conquered peoples food in order for them to survive.
I think it is interesting to see how in the beginning of the chapter Strayer gives a subtle very simple answer to the definition of an empire but by the end he gives a more elaborate definition. I believe that he does this because after writing the chapter and explaining what an empire is to him he feels that the reader now knows what he is talking about allowing him to give a more specific definition.
Strayers definition of an empire-
First definition- political system with coercive power.
Second definition- larger, more aggressive states that conquers other states, used their natural resources, and rules a multiethnic state under a common political system.
-They are conquering other people to build a greater empire, they are conquering other ethnic groups not just one this forming diversity in the empire. The political views on how to keep charge on all the people coming into the empire was also something that had to be determined. They would also take the conquered peoples food in order for them to survive.
I think it is interesting to see how in the beginning of the chapter Strayer gives a subtle very simple answer to the definition of an empire but by the end he gives a more elaborate definition. I believe that he does this because after writing the chapter and explaining what an empire is to him he feels that the reader now knows what he is talking about allowing him to give a more specific definition.
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