Hello smart history people, It's me, a lowly dumdum. I have to gather resources (journal articles) for a historiographical essay. I am not asking for answers just a few historians names and the articles that explore the question:
'To what extent does the history of empires show that empires share common features across history?'
I struggle with histriographical arguments.
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