{"id":3246,"date":"2019-11-18T20:36:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T00:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=3246"},"modified":"2022-03-11T11:25:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:25:42","slug":"benefits-of-imperialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/benefits-of-imperialism\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Benefits of Imperialism: Empires United the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We tend to think that “imperialism” is a bad word, but were there any benefits of imperialism? What are the legacies of imperialism today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefits of imperialism included the shrinking of the world and the dissolution of cultural divides. Among the many tragedies of European empires, the Age of Imperialism<\/a> also connected disparate nations and cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll cover the surprising benefits of imperialism and how they’ve shaped our world today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Critiques of Empire<\/strong> & the Benefits of Imperialism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In modern times, \u201cempire\u201d and \u201cimperialism\u201d are bad words. They\u2019re accused of destroying and exploiting local resources and ways of life. The establishment and maintenance of many of the most successful empires did<\/em> involve destruction and violence, including war, enslavement, and genocide. But as we\u2019ll see throughout this chapter, empires have shaped the world in positive ways as well, and in fact, much of our human culture is based on the legacies of empire.<\/strong> Whether we like it or not, there were benefits of imperialism.
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Benevolent Imperialism<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sapiens have evolved the survival instinct<\/a> to distinguish \u201cus\u201d from \u201cthem.\u201d For example, the name of Sudan\u2019s Dinka people means \u201cpeople,\u201d as if members of other tribes aren\u2019t even human. Similarly, the name of Sudan\u2019s Nuer group means \u201coriginal people\u201d and the name of the Yupik people in Alaska and Siberia means \u201creal people.\u201d We\u2019re programmed to care only about \u201cus,\u201d ourselves and those immediately around us, who share our language, beliefs, and customs.<\/strong>
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It\u2019s surprising, then, that since Cyrus the Great of Persia established the first Persian Empire around 550 BC, kings and emperors have claimed to conquer territories and people for their own good. And there was some benefit of imperialism for conquered people\u2014uniting different nations were under one government facilitated the dissemination of ideas, technology, and goods.<\/strong>
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It was to the advantage of the ruler to encourage this spread of ideas<\/a> and goods. For one thing, it made ruling easier. It\u2019s hard to run an empire in which every territory has its own language, currency, and laws. Encouraging trade and the transmission of ideas helped standardize government policies and structures.
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It also justified their rule. If kings spread what they saw as their own culture\u2019s superior language, currency, and laws, they could feel they were doing so for the benefit of all subjects. And whether they were planning cities, standardizing measures, or imposing taxes, rulers and their administrations genuinely believed they were working for the good of all subjects.<\/strong> This led to a few benefits of imperialism.
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Benevolent Rulers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This has happened throughout history. Cyrus the Great wanted to bring all the benefits of being Persian subjects to new cultures while letting them maintain their traditions. He famously ordered that exiled Jews be allowed to return to their homeland and rebuild their temple and even gave them the money to do so. Similarly, Chinese emperors believed they were educating their barbarian neighbors. Muslim caliphs sought to share Muhammad\u2019s revelation. Brits sought to introduce the world to liberalism and free trade. And Americans believe it\u2019s their moral duty to establish democracy and the concept of human rights in developing countries, even if they have to do it through war.
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In a world in which we\u2019re programmed to be xenophobic, these rulers attempted to be inclusive and unite different people under one political system. This may have resulted in benefits of imperialism.
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The Dissolution of Us versus Them<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One major benefits of imperialism was the dissolution of “us” versus “them.” Imperialism began to dissolve cultural divides in two ways:
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Way #1: After hundreds of years, the conquered people had so assimilated that there was no trace left of their original culture.<\/strong>
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For example, by the time the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD, it had absorbed the Numantians, Samnites, Umbrians, and Etruscans, among other groups. These groups didn\u2019t gain independence<\/a> with the end of Roman rule because they no longer existed<\/em>. Everyone who could trace their ancestry back to these groups now spoke Latin, worshipped Roman gods, and lived just as their fellow Romans did. They were Roman now, not Umbrian or Etruscan.
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Way #2: Because of their inclusivity and tolerance of conquered cultures, rulers often adopted and spread norms, beliefs, and traditions from the people they conquered.<\/strong>
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In this way, empires became hybrids of the civilizations they conquered. For example, imperial Roman culture \u201cwas Greek almost as much as Roman,\u201d and the Abbasid culture was a hybrid of Greek, Arab, and Persian cultures.
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Although tolerance and dissolving antagonism are benefits of imperialism, the process often eradicated local cultures or altered them beyond recognition, and it was often difficult for conquered subjects to adapt to the hybrid culture.
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The Legacies of Empire<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today, the world is smaller and more united because of the dissolving of past cultures, and the legacies of empires are innumerable. As opposed to the thousands of languages spoken by our ancestors, today, most of us speak an imperial language. Many native groups of European colonies embraced the Western values of self-determinism and human rights and used these values against their Western masters in their fights against colonial rule. (Many don’t see this as a benefit of imperialism.) There\u2019s no going back to a \u201cpure\u201d culture, one untainted by imperialism. Its legacies are everywhere, and to somehow extract these legacies would by to destroy every contemporary culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the world gets smaller and smaller, we\u2019re moving toward a single global empire<\/a>. We\u2019re becoming decreasingly nationalistic, and governments have become more and more interested in protecting human rights around the world rather than just in their own countries. This is a possible benefit of imperialism.
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Today, countries can\u2019t<\/em> function independently.<\/strong> The actions and values of other countries affect our economic policies, our social policies, and our ability to wage wars. We\u2019re affected by global markets, international human rights organizations, and NGOs. International issues such as global warming are increasing the need for a unified global community. No one country can function on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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