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The Ancient Palaces that Governed the World

The Ancient Centres of Power

Michael Koy
The History Inquiry
4 min readJul 10, 2022

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How do empires exhibit and maintain power? Through administration, bureaucracy and grandeur. In a modern sense, these elements can be seen in government buildings and historical monuments, but in the past, palaces mostly served these functions in the name of a monarch. With empires and kingdoms ranging from the size of Luxemburg to the…

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Michael Koy
The History Inquiry

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