====== Empires and Civilizations ======

Research collection exploring large-scale political entities: their rise, development, and decline.

===== Topics =====

  * Rome — republic to empire to fall
  * Byzantium — eastern empire's long survival
  * British Empire — expansion, administration, decline
  * United States — from republic to global power
  * Civilizational development
  * Civilizational decline — Toynbee, Spengler, and other frameworks

//Research notes will appear here as they are added.//