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  2. World domination - Wikipedia

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    World domination (also called global domination, world conquest, global conquest, or cosmocracy) is a hypothetical power structure, either achieved or aspired to, in which a single political authority holds power over all or virtually all the inhabitants of Earth. Various individuals or regimes have tried to achieve this goal throughout history ...

  3. Great man theory - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon, a typical great man, said to have created the "Napoleonic" era through his military and political genius. The great man theory is an approach to the study of history popularised in the 19th century according to which history can be largely explained by the impact of great men, or heroes: highly influential and unique individuals who, due to their natural attributes, such as superior ...

  4. Rule of man - Wikipedia

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    Rule of man [a] (where "man" is used in a genderless manner [6]) is a type of personal rule in an unaccountable rebounded [clarification needed] society where rules change from ruler to ruler. It is a society in which one person , regime , or a group of persons , rules arbitrarily.

  5. Domination - Wikipedia

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    World domination, structure where one dominant power governs the planet; Colonialism in which one group (usually a nation) invades another region for material gain or to eliminate competition; Chauvinism in which a person or group consider themselves to be superior, and thus entitled to use force to dominate others

  6. Dominate - Wikipedia

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    One of the key changes in the management of the empire during the Dominate was the large scale removal of old-style senatorial participation in administrative and military functions. The process began with the reforms of Gallienus, who removed senators from military commands, placing them in the hands of the Equites. [24]

  7. World history (field) - Wikipedia

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    Through this lens, Ferguson viewed world history as humanity's struggle to reach an ideal society. [28] Henry Home, Lord Kames was a philosopher during the Enlightenment and contributed to the study of world history. In his major historical work, Sketches on the History of Man, Kames outlined the four stages of human history which he observed. [29]

  8. Ideology of the Chinese Communist Party - Wikipedia

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    Xi Jinping Thought seeks to reinvigorate the mass line. [14]: 10 More broadly, Xi's ideological contributions to the ideology of the CCP (including invoking traditional values and Chinese history as part of the efforts toward national rejuvenation) are sometimes described as a third Sinicization of Marxism. [66]: 53

  9. Glossary of history - Wikipedia

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    Also eon. age Age of Discovery Also called the Age of Exploration. The time period between approximately the late 15th century and the 17th century during which seafarers from various European polities traveled to, explored, and charted regions across the globe which had previously been unknown or unfamiliar to Europeans and, more broadly, during which previously isolated human populations ...