What do people think is the main motivation for building an empire.

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2016-06-22 21:40:48 Post No. 1321902
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 21:40:48 Post No. 1321902 [Report]

What do people think is the main motivation for building an empire.

Throughout the whole history of the human race, man has cooperated and conquered.

Clear motivations are:

>security of people
>wealth
>prestige

However to what degree does 'Prestige' or 'Imperium' influence a state or tribe to seek the means to colonise or build an empire.

Also to what degree does wealth come into it, yes it's very important and wealth was the reason more so as the seventeenth century endured, however wars are expensive and there's no guarantee of success.

Doing this topic for my dissertation at university. I'd be interested to hear all of your thoughts and opinions regarding this matter.

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 21:45:59 Post No.1321923
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OP here

I'll get the discussion rolling.

I think that after the Roman empire, a precedent was set that had spread across the known world, something to emulate and strive towards.

With the increase in naval technology, trade was increasingly profitable being able to exchange goods from places such as India in the seventeenth century.

Security of people whilst initially maybe, it greatly surpassed that. Britain in its efforts to maintain and expand their world-encompassing empire, had largely neglected it's citizens. Victorian London was rife with disease and unsanitary conditions, whilst the empire enjoyed it's most progressive era.

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 21:48:08 Post No.1321931
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 21:48:08 Post No.1321931 [Report]

Wealth. That's the story of every empire ever.

The elite get rich for a while, then eventually people fight back.

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 21:50:59 Post No.1321945
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 21:50:59 Post No.1321945 [Report]

>>1321931

What about Alexander the Great?