imperial
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Yet, at the end of the day, such imperial highhandedness backfired on Athens: It lost the broader war for domination of Greece.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
His book, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, published in 1890, found disciples in Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the Japanese imperial naval ministry, and shaped 20th-century history.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The imperial machinery, built in an earlier more democratic era, hums along without our input.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
Over the course of the visit, Trump is expected to visit the Temple of Heaven, a monument to imperial China and Confucian thought in the center of Beijing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Would Neanderthals have been able to serve in the Roman legions, or in the sprawling bureaucracy of imperial China?
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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