Chapter 14: part two

GOODNESS. Do all of these conquers have to be so mean. Sure, if they want to control culture, money, land and all inhabitants of whatever their conquering but why can't they all just work together, compromise.The Russians had the conquered people take an oath,the natives had to swear to submission of the tsar as well as money demands. What I found as a kind, small, shift was that the Russian and Chinese empires did not make the native people their slaves, but they did make them change religion, language and demand goods from the people. I guess if you're in the business of conquering foreign lands complete control of resources, land, and people is a necessity, at least if you want your empire to thrive.