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GCSE History · key term
A group of territories and peoples ruled or controlled by another country.
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A group of territories or peoples controlled by one ruling power.
Revise: Key Factors and QuestionsBritain has also gained and lost an empire. These interactions shaped both the people of Britain and those with whom they came into contact.
Paper 1
A group of territories or communities controlled by a dominant state. Athens’ empire developed as its allies became increasingly subject to Athenian authority.
Revise: The Development of the Athenian EmpireAn alliance involves cooperation between states; an empire involves control by a dominant state. The Delian League did not suddenly change from one to the other on a single date. Athenian control developed as membership became compulsory and Athens increasingly intervened when members resisted it.
Power exercised by one state over other peoples or states.
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A group of territories ruled or controlled by another country.
Revise: Change overviewDuring this period, Britain underwent industrialisation and its empire grew. These were different kinds of change. Industrialisation transformed how goods were produced and where people worked.
A group of countries or territories controlled by another country, such as the overseas territories ruled by Britain.
A large territory containing different peoples or states under the authority of a dominant ruler or ruling power.
The abolition of the British slave trade in 1807 was not the same as the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire.
Distinguish the Mexica, the dominant people based in Tenochtitlán, from the many peoples living within the Aztec Empire.
Describe both extent and nature: where the empire reached, and how its rulers controlled people and territory.
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