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A thalassocracy or thalattocracy, [1] sometimes also maritime empire, is a state with primarily maritime realms, an empire at sea, or a seaborne empire. [2]
By the 1920s, the government was sponsoring large-scale exhibits promoting imperialism, notably the 1924 British Empire Exhibition in London and the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition. Some intellectuals used the opportunity to criticise imperialism as a policy. [30] Moderately active anti-imperial movements emerged in Canada and Australia.
Tellurocracy (from Latin: tellus, lit. 'land' and Greek: κράτος, romanized: krátos, lit. 'state') is a concept proposed by Aleksandr Dugin to describe a type of civilization or state system that is defined by the development of land territories and consistent penetration into inland territories.
Ancient Orient of the Roman Empire and its ecclesiastical order after the Council of Chalcedon, 451. The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term Occident, which refers to the Western world.
The word imperialism originated from the Latin word imperium, [7] which means "to command", "to be sovereign", or simply "to rule". [8] The word “imperialism” was first produced in the 19th century to decry Napoleon III's despotic militarism and his attempts at obtaining political support through foreign military interventions.
Ancient Occident of the Roman Empire. The Occident is a term for the West, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Western world. It is the antonym of the term Orient, referring to the Eastern world. In English, it has largely fallen into disuse.
A vassal state is any state that has a mutual obligation to a superior state or empire, in a status similar to that of a vassal in the feudal system in medieval Europe. Vassal states were common among the empires of the Near East, dating back to the era of the Egyptian, Hittite, and Mitanni conflict, as well as in ancient China.
Resistance to the French colonial empire (8 C, 39 P) H. Rebellions against the Habsburg monarchy (2 C, 9 P) Rebellions in the Han dynasty (2 C, 7 P) J.