The Athenian Empire, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, and Dutch maritime republics all exemplify rimland empires focused on trade and commerce rather than territorial consolidation, operating on different logic than consolidated continental empires.
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“the athenian empire it's one of these rimland empires all about making money from trade it's very different from the consolidated empires of russia and china”
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The Geopolitics and History of Continental and Maritime Power - S.C.M. Paine— Asia Media אסיה בעבריתCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:53:21 PM
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