imperial

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Two decades later, in the 1860s, the fort walls came down, paving the way for imperial buildings to come up which gave the city its distinct colonial identity.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The great stories of exploration and trade and imperial rivalry are here, from the Phoenician sailors who plied the ancient Mediterranean to the 17th-century Dutch who traded in the East Indies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

In China, red lanterns could guide a traveller to safety in cold winter alleyways, be symbols of power outside an imperial hall, or act as a call to religious devotion when hung in a temple.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

There’s no “Donroe Doctrine” or some great global imperial strategy.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

And soon even the few people who still lived there had forgotten their imperial glories. “getting along with nature” Why did the Maya abandon all their cities?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann