empires

Back in 2013 I wrote an article about the Longest lived empires/states in history. I thought it would be fun to look at it from the opposite perspective and see which were the shortest lived empires in history. Here is the list of the 13 empires that lasted for less than 100 years...

This is an informed opinion question. Why, in your view, did the Western Roman Empire collapse? (3 main reasons) For me, it was primarily: 1)over-reliance on auxiliary troops to defend an enormous frontier 2)loss of key grain-growing regions/ports to invaders 3)lack of political will for...

Many lists have been written about the most long-lived empires or states in the history of mankind and oddly enough nobody seems to agree on the ranking. That is because it depends how one counts. For example: a) Shall we consider only empires or also kingdoms and republics ? The longest-lived...

Has the EU turned into Germany's Empire? The Greek bailout is has highlighted the loss of sovereinty of member states and how much Germany is having a say in how various countries are being run. With talk of a more centralised fiscal policy are we seeing the final steps toward Germany's power...