Ok Students, based on what we have learned recently on Empires, I would like you to form your own opinions about them.
Please take a few moments to think about this.
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Well that's easy! Empires were great! People have lived in empires for many years!
Empires, great?! Empires were evil! They allowed people to have no freedom at all
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Don't even get me started on their diversity!
Empires were amazing! They used the profits earned by conquest to finance philosophy, art, justice, and art!
Many of humanity's achievements and advancements are all thanks to empires exploration of conquered lands!
He makes a good point. I wonder what her response will be...
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Creating a large empire required the slaughter of others and oppression to those who survived. Empires participated in enslavement, deportation, and genocide!
That does not hide the fact that empires took freedom away from their people. They were forced to be subjected to the rule of another!
People must remain subjugated to their rulers for many years! They don't have a chance at freedom because once one empire falls, another will step in to order people around.
claim that
If it weren't for empires, we wouldn't be where we are today! Empires untied various diverse ethnic groups!
Not to mention the fact that empires are defined by their cultural diversity! They played a big part in creating many small cultures into fewer large ones!
Due to empires, ideas, people, certain goods, and technology were easily able to spread out,
empires are evil?
Wow! Great discussion! Let's all agree that empires certainly had some good aspects, but they also had various bad aspects to them as well.
Also, the process of cultural assimilation was not easy and simple! It took many many years and the process was very painful and traumatic!
Empires did that for their own benefit! They created certain cultures in order to gain legitimacy and create a superior culture!
Are human achievements more important that what people had to go through?
Wow, she makes a great argument!
Empires created these cultures to make life easier, to communicate, create laws, create writing, and their own language
They would shame those who were conquered for their culture and took others years to accept them, they were viewed as barbarians.