| Some of the matters involved in States wishing to retain controls go beyond the simple issues of ministerial empires. |
| Amid the ruin of the City of Dreams, Mehmed imbibed a valuable lesson about the twilight of nations, empires and kingdoms. |
| The modern consensus view is to judge the legacies of empire, especially of the modern European empires, very harshly. |
| It focuses brilliantly on political intrigue and high stakes and assassins and crumbling empires. |
| It has been the land of mighty empires, a powerful trading nation rich in culture and civilisation. |
| Great empires, kingdoms and principalities have come and gone, but the Papacy endures. |
