The Fall of empires.

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The Fall of empires

Characteristics of declining empires What factors cause empires to “fall”?

Unstable leadership Declining empires tend to lack a strong, central leadership Results from the death or defeat of a popular leader, who is replaced by someone who is unpopular or lacks the necessary knowledge/abilities to the empire Disagreements about can lead to in the military or in the government

Declining empires often experience damaging military loss Decreases the amount of land an empire controls and how many resources they have access to. This can further weaken an empire. Battle of Ain Jalut Military defeat The Christians take Jerusalem

Internal disputes Declining empires often struggle to remain united. New ideas from different parts of the empire can create division amongst the people. Can lead to internal disputes , civil war, division of territory and decrease in political and military .

#1: Not all declining empires will exhibit all of these characteristics. #2: Decline may be attributed to other factors as well. #3: These factors are tools we can use to analyze history.