The Conrad Demarest Model of Empire: Basic Principles
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World History [1]
The Conrad Demarest Model of Empire: Basic Principles ? I.? Necessary preconditions for the rise of empires: state-level government Rome:? republic Han:? kept most of Qin centralized government in place high agricultural potential in the area Rome:? wheat, grapes, cattle Han:? wheat, millet, pigs adequate military resources Rome:? soldiers first recruited only from peasant class on Italian peninsula; population inexhaustible Han:? soldiers recruited from peasant class within the entire empire; population inexhaustible II.? The primary reason a state succeeded in empire building was an ideology supporting personal identification with the estate, empire, conquest, and militarism.