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empire-building's polite word for showing up uninvited and never leaving

average lifespanempires last roughly 250 years before collapsing
deadliest conquerorGenghis Khan killed an estimated 40 million people
unexpected weaponsmallpox conquered the Americas faster than soldiers
linguistic traceEnglish is 60% conquered French and Latin words
final paradoxconquerors are almost always absorbed by the conquered
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