Many Imperials tried to curry favor with the ruler by making donations to his preferred religion. In the south, Nuln prospered as trade along the rivers to and from the Dwarfholds of the Worlds Edge Mountains expanded after the coming of peace. The city grew so powerful and wealthy compared...
Rome must be considered one of the most successful imperial powers in history. In the course of centuries Rome grew from a small town on the Tiber River in central Italy into a vast empire that ultimately embraced England, all of continental Europe west of the Rhine and south of the Danube...
(2) the imperial, or Frankish, theory, which placed greater emphasis on conquest and hegemony as the source of the emperor’s power and authority and according to which he was responsible directly to God; and (3) the popular, or Roman, theory (the “people” at this stage being ...
Though later in life, Augustus adopted and encouraged a strict imperial strategy of maintaining the status quo of the borders ('Pax Romana'), war and conquest was a necessary strategy from the onset of his reign. Modern-day Germany (Germania) Switzerland (Raetia), Austria (Noricum), and the...
with some mods like Imperial Civil War and Republic at War being so massive and rich that they practically constitute free sequels and prequels. If you can get it for like $5 during a steam sale I would highly recommend it, this game has hundreds of hours of content (on its own and ...
JAINISM:When Emperor Chandragupta Maurya accepted Jainism, a religious movement opposed by traditional Hindu priests who generally attended the imperial court, he became the first prominent Indian ruler to start a spiritual revolution at the highest level. ...
which was founded around the year 1200. Its founder wasManco Capac, who became a god in theInca religion. The rulers of this city-state were also called the Sapa Inca. The term Sapa Inca would continue to be applied to the main leader of the Inca as they expanded from city-state to...
With this Caliph, of major importance to the genesis of Islam as an imperial religion, the process of “demessianization” becomes decisive. The figure of Muḥammad as the holiest and last of the prophets is rehabilitated and at the same time, his message, originally rather “universalist...
At this point, the Imperial military became overconfident, as they believed that the Republic was now still recovering from heavy losses sustained in the war. As such, a squadron of warships moved to take control over Bothan Space, but were annihilated by the Republic fleet. This proved to ...
The Dada wave has also spread to Germany, a divided country who enjoyed the favorable conclusion of the Weltkrieg while it suffered from the long war and blockade: Max Ernst and George Grosz's work, for instance, is characterized by the trauma of the war years. In urbanism, Walter Gropius...