Scenarios about 'imperial governance'
The systems and practices by which empires administer, control, and manage their territories and subject populations. Imperial governance encompasses diverse approaches from direct rule to indirect control through local elites, colonial administrations, and methods of resource extraction, cultural assimilation, and maintaining authority over conquered lands. These governance structures often create lasting impacts on political institutions, cultural identities, and economic systems that persist beyond the formal end of imperial control.
What If The Ming Dynasty Never Fell?
Exploring the alternate timeline where China's Ming Dynasty endured beyond the 17th century, potentially altering global power dynamics, technological development, and the course of Eastern and Western relations.