Empires long benefitted from conquest through wealth accumulation and cultural dominance They also enriched themselves through cultural appropriation of monuments and more often at the cost of the conquereds autonomy and identity Spanning from Rome to the Enlightenment their legacies show where innovation intertwined with oppression highlighting conflicts and cultural amalgamations
Empires long benefitted from conquest through wealth accumulation and cultural dominance They also enriched themselves through cultural appropriation of monuments and more often at the cost of the conquereds autonomy and identity Spanning from Rome to the Enlightenment their legacies show where innovation intertwined with oppression highlighting conflicts and cultural amalgamations
