On Worldbuilding: How do Empires Work? [ Fire Nation l Roman l Mongols ] PART 1

Credit for Roman Empire map: ISO Design
Credit for Mongol Empire map: Ollie Bye
Credit for British Empire map: Ollie Bye
Credit for Rashidun Caliphate map: Tarih ve Heresy Mapping
Credit for Qing Dynasty map: Danzig HD Mapper
Credit for Chinese history map: Khey Pard
Credit for Carolingian Empire map: Emperor Tigerstar
Credit for Napoleonic Empre map: Emperor Tigerstar
Credit for Byzantine Empire map: S&F Production
Credit for American Revolution map: Algol
Credit for the Dutch Empire map: Ollie Bye
Credit for the Umayyad Caliphate map: Eliassin
Credit for Nazi Germany map: Historicus

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[TheWanderingLPer]

"Spanning across planets or galaxies, or whole continents."
Wow, not just planets, not just galaxies, but ENTIRE CONTINENTS. These are some big empires.

[DarthEarp]

nah, this is too complicated. i'l go back to writing big guys in black spiky armor whipping peasants for not paying the the new tax.

[businessproyects]

'wyh do you guys support the empire?' -'we like the uniforms and the dramatic music which plays out of no where once in a while. '

[thats_so_laven]

9:53 In the novel for A New Hope, Luke and his friends are shown to be considering joining the army. The reason for doing this, despite the fact that the Empire is already shown to be a bit evil or at least antagonistic at this point, is that they otherwise wouldn't have access to any higher (think: college) education, if I remember correctly.
So in short, the Empire gets its soldiers the same way the US does. Fun stuff!

[matthewmcneany]

he who controls the spice controls the universe.

[stretchmtsa]

Those Age of Empires references were just perfect.

[danielrondon]

I find the Inca empire very fascinating and often overlooked, what I like the most about them is the very sofisticated administrative system for everything going to resources distribution to messaging, and the fact than they really tried to assimilate as full citizens the conquered cultures into the empire rather than enslaving them. I often like to think than they were trying to civilize south America as the Romans did with Europe.

[neillindgren]

My favorite historical empire was the Roman Empire. I’d like to mention that in addition to roads, they also used the Mediterranean for trade, travel, and communication as well.

[JamesSamson]

"The Dark lord evil empire shall last an eternity!!'
"WHY?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHY?!"

You get a like just for that.

[averongodoffire]

Hello future me: people don’t like being enslaved
Cliche evil empire:

[lakobause]

24:40 This was my biggest issue with the new Star Wars movies. My impression was that the First Order was smaller than the former Empire and had to rely on asymmetric advantages like Starkiller Base, the equivalent of ISIS getting its hands on nukes. Th

[yo-im-soup]

You are a saint, I'm working on worldbuilding a war on an alien planet and this is extremely helpful to help me work through how one particular country rose to so much power in the first place. Thank youuuu

[mollof]

”Planets, galaxies and even continets”

[valeclaw]

"Plants, Galaxies, or WHOLE CONTINENTS!" I feel like you did the wrong order there haha.

[Gonzzink]

The Mexica empire, Tenochtitlan, now Mexico city. The flower wars were a very interesting series of organized battles(like a sport in a way) to capture neighboring tribes warriors for sacrifice. The more you captured the higher in rank you rose allowing you to wear more extravagant clothing. They had potchtecas, who were merchants who would travel long distances bringing precious objects to other tribes. They had roads with messengers at checkpoints (kinda like a baton race ) who would sprint to the next checkpoint and pass on information. It's one of the most underrepresented cultures of history and honestly one of the most interesting! Hence why I'm making the first Mexican fantasy universe with The Legend of Polloman my graphic novel series.

[whenthewobb]

Came to learn how to write. Left with a master plan on how to seize power and create my new empire.


The world can thank “Hello Future Me”!

[marvalice]

"if you haven't researched husbandry..." those poor aztecs never stood a chance.
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[simongreve]

"No flag no country" Ah yes, the establishment of empires through the cunning use of flags, as devised by the british empire :P
I was not expecting an Eddie Izzard reference here but I was happy to hear it :D

[AxelLeJeff]

I felt like Dragon Prince was alright as Callum's first instinct was to run from the scary elf assassin, and didn't really change his tune until she explained to him why they were there, at which point he's given a crisis of faith between his romantic interest being the "good guy with a gun" in the room and Rayla, who he realizes to be misunderstood.

[Red-in-Green]

I’m working on an empire based a bit on the early Portuguese Empire in that “it’s pretty much just forts on coasts” kind of way. They rule the Known Sea pretty much just by facilitating trade. It’s also like, 10 years old, so it’s got that new empire energy