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A History of Empires & Civilizations

Module 19 of 25 · Essential Knowledge

A History of Empires & Civilizations

III

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.”

— CiceroOrator
Plate XIX · A History of Empires & Civilizations

Module

19 of 25

Runtime

~32 min

Branch

Essential Knowledge

Taught by

Cynthia Chung

The argument

Inside this module.

Much of our 5,000 years of recorded history is the story of empires — how powerful nations conquer and occupy others. The story of empires is one of greed and brutality, and it is highly relevant: we now live, for the first time in human history, at the end of the age of empires.

What you’ll walk away with

  • The story of empires is one of greed and brutality, and it is highly relevant: we now live, for the first time in human history, at the end of the age of empires.

Taught by

Cynthia Chung.

Cynthia Chung

Editor, Rising Tide Foundation

Cynthia is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Rising Tide Foundation, contributing author to "The Clash of the Two Americas," and author of "The Empire on which the Black Sun Never Set: The Birth of International Fascism and Anglo-American Foreign Policy."

  • History
  • Geopolitics
  • Author

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