Overextension was a major cause of the decline of the Roman, Byzantine, Mongol, Ottoman, Spanish, British, Japanese and Soviet empires. Iran and Turkey could be tested in 2025 as their leaders age.
From India’s original inhabitants, the Mauryans, to the British, who came as traders but stayed to reshape its history, this is a land that absorbed everyone, even those who tried to dominate it. From ...
C Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Cid, Bushra, Hammurabi, Tariq,Frederick Barbarossa, Philip IV, Guan Yu, Bellevue, Cui Ruyi, Yi Sun-Shin, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi ...