Mesopotamian American Imperialism

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Imperialism has had a major impact on life today. Although this is from the ancient times it has affected us greatly. This started to take effect as far as Ancient Mesopotamia. Imperialism came from great and powerful leaders wanting to expand their power. They wanted to grow their empires.

Imperialism was also a cause of global colonization. This had both benefits and drawbacks. Some of the main imperial powers were The European. Various motives caused empires to want to expand their rule over other countries or territories. These include economic, exploratory, ethnocentric, political, and religious motives. One major drawbacks was the fact that Africans were taken as slaves to the new world and forced to work on the plantations without