Why Empires are created

Then you have answered the question. In part.

The formation of empires was and not only that.. but it was also because a significant sized element of people/s, often times from separate bases or components. Ntl, became capable of sharing or at least tolerating diverse ethnic, national, cultural, economic and religious identifications as a larger group then clan and family social heirarchy would have allowed.

And equally import through expansion and technology, to include military campaigning and conquest, they acquired the resources and manpower to either defend them and or continue to develop them.

Normally I charge for this stuff....after all, I remain a good capitalist.

But your a newbie. So Merry Christmas.

And as you remain a confessed learner of history...begin here.

 

Apt but ntl less beware the confuison of that versus the definition attributed to colonialism. As they are not necessarily synomous.

 

And then also remember that the defintion of both and in particular imperialism; have always been in conflict. And certainly from a contextual era perspective.

 

Those of Lewis Samuel Feuer (whom interestingly enough had two variants) are not in total agreement with those of others to include: Edward Said, Walter Rodney or Robert Young..to name but three of the more exemplar scholars in the field of examnation.