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Future_Huckleberry71 t1_j0rzg3r wrote

Imperial Rome was a thing and the rule of the Emperor was was imperial rule. The Mongols had an Empire as did the Caliphate. I have never heard that it was restricted you Euro imperialism during the early and mid modern era.

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Annomaander_Rake t1_j16r81a wrote

Good point. I think it’s easy for people to forget that ancient empires also count as imperialists. The Roman’s were probably better at expansion than most other imperialist empires of the more modern times, because the Roman’s were all about assimilation and bringing stability to the regions they conquered (which is very arguable of course, but still). Whereas more modern imperial regimes tended to be parasites that only ever took from the countries they preyed upon.

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