1. Past Empires
1.1. Greek and Roman Empires
1.1.1. Text book, exercises 34, 35, 36, 37
1.2. European Empires
1.2.1. Portuguese
1.2.2. Spanish
1.2.3. British
1.2.4. Russian
1.2.5. Dutch
1.2.6. French
1.2.7. Belgian
1.3. Middle East
1.3.1. Ottoman Empire
1.3.2. Persian Empire
1.4. Asia
1.4.1. Mongol
1.4.2. Chinese
1.4.3. Japanese
2. Concept and Ends
2.1. "A major actor in the international system based on the subordination of diverse national elites who, whether under compulsion or from shared convictions, accept values of those who govern the dominant center or metropole"
2.2. Create and enforce govern the nature of economic, political and cultural exchange
2.2.1. New vocabulary
3. Hegemony (Indirect Rule)
3.1. Concept
3.1.1. The dominant power that exerts its dominance through an acceptance by lesser powers of the economic and political arrangements that are designed to mantain order and control
3.2. Strategy of the Empire
3.2.1. The Constitution of the US is set for the country to be an Empire with a special international focus.
3.2.2. The US is a superpower that prefers to act in collaboration with others under the umbrella of United Nations
4. The Aftermath of WW I and II
4.1. The United States sphere of influence
4.1.1. Western Hemisphere
4.1.2. Western Europe
4.1.3. Japan
4.2. Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
4.2.1. Eastern Europe
4.2.2. Middle East
4.2.3. Asia
4.3. After the breakup of the Soviet Union the United States moved up to be the "superpower" of an unipolar world
5. Policies
5.1. American factories make more than the American people use.
5.2. The Trade of the World must be of the US
5.3. No useful corner of the world may be overlooked or left unused
5.4. Colonies must be obtained or planted
5.5. Free of Capital; Investment
5.6. Military Control
6. The Empire in Denial
6.1. The Philippines War brought an Anti-Imperial Sentiment
6.2. Anti-Imperial leagues dissolved by 1920s
6.2.1. Midterm
6.3. The movement's impact might have been removing the language of empire
7. 20th and 21st century Empire (Direct Rule)
7.1. The United States (Leader of the Unipolar World)
7.1.1. First 100 years
7.1.1.1. Coveting territory: displace and annex the lands of more than 400 separate societies
7.1.1.2. Empire by purchase: Claim land and promote settlement in areas claimed by other imperial powers.
7.1.2. Second 100 years
7.1.2.1. The Monroe Doctrine
7.1.2.2. Wars:
7.1.2.2.1. vs. The Phillipines
7.1.2.2.2. vs. Spain
7.1.2.2.3. Coup in Hawaii