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Why Empires Fall

Dan Snow's History Hit

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The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

We need to hope that President Xi doesn't desire d'Arbisher, right? That in a way we need to celebrate this. Much of the assertiveness we see in China has to be put into its context. There are times when competitors fall away for whatever reasons. So sometimes states rise and fall. It's not just the kind of Thucydides thing, you know, another state next door got really powerful and kicked the front door in,. What do you see happening at the moment?

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