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1、 Essay写作范文-世界历史上的帝国这篇Essay写作范文主要讨论了世界历史上的帝国。作为一种国家形态，“帝国”始终存在于历史之中。作为一种统治方式，“帝国”是随着现实而变化的。许多理论都是在帝国主义、殖民主义和后殖民主义的发展过程中发展起来的。帝国有一种优越感，希望别人使用他们的语言，承认他们的地位、政治制度和文化。在某种程度上，我们认为帝国的诞生是一种历史趋势。“Empire” is associated with political units, economic strength and military might. As a form of state, “empire” alw
2、ays exists in the history; as a way of rule, “empire” is changing with the reality(Jane and Frederick, Empires in world history, 11). Many theories are evolved within the development of empires, such as imperialism, colonialism and post-colonialism. Indeed empires have a sense of superiority and wan
3、t others to use their languages, recognize their political systems and cultures. Then they can be the masters and others become their slaves. From Rome and Great Britain to the 21st century, empires do not regard them as empires. However, they pursue their own interests under the different name, suc
4、h as freedom, democracy and so on. Throughout the history of empires, the economic power, might military and cultures force make a great difference in the development of the empires. In the 18th century, the Great Britain started its reform and led the Industrial Revolution. Because of the shortage
5、of customers demands and the excessive supply of goods, the Great Britain wanted to dominate the world market so that it can dump its goods and make great profits. Therefore, the Great Britain took advantages of its naval power to safeguard British interests and establish the British colonies in the
6、 world. In addition, the religious principles also influence the changing of the empires and even provoke conflicts( Jane and Frederick, Empires in world history,15).In the 19th century, many European missionaries entered into China with the intention of controlling Chinese minds and providing a mor
7、al foundation for empires.Whats more, we can not ignore the two methods of the empires: incorporation and differentiation. To live longer, empires change their strategies and adopt rational policies for new circumstances. Through mix, marriage, education, propaganda as well as transformation, Empire
8、s expand their scales and spread their cultures. For example, Ottoman Empires change its policies to reduce the difference and increase the connection between Ottomans and sultans by using the way that the boys of the Ottoman Empires were brought up in the sultans families. Meanwhile, unlike “coloni
9、es” in Roman or Ottomans Empire, new empires, such as the Great Britain, use the way named “plantations” by supporting the persons from conquered countries to consolidate the governing of empires ( (Jane and Frederick, Empires in world history, 13-14).As a coin has two sides, empires also give diffe
10、rent effects to the world history. The development of empires always accompanies with war, conflicts as well as blood. As empires continue their destructive competition, many developing countries are involved in the zero-gum game. But in some degree, we should admit the fact that the birth of empires is a historical trend and learning of the history of empires and it also can provide a new view to think about world history and even the world future.Reference listJane Burbank and Frederick Cooper, Empires in World History (Princeton University Press: Princeton, 2010), 822.
