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More broadly, the furor in Azerbaijan over the crash laid bare Russia’s diminished influence in swaths of its former empire and beyond in the wake of its war in Ukraine.

It is the last missing tomb of known descendants of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, a time when the empire’s imperialist tendencies flourished.

With ample resources, the Dutch fought for and won independence from Habsburg Spain, the world’s most powerful empire, while also helping to launch the Enlightenment and create modern art.

The British Museum, the Louvre or Vienna’s central museums proclaim the once vast power of their nations’ empires; visitors were invited to share in the glory and pay tribute to these nations’ accomplishments.

The country had gained its independence from Spain in 1821, spent a few years as an empire, and become a republic in 1824.