Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Controlling the Empire.
A system of indirect rule where a central power controls subject states through the threat of military force rather than direct political administration.
Hegemonic empire appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest (1519–1535), especially Controlling the Empire and Expansion and warfare.
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