Empires shape the world by the will of the nations that created them. The fundamental question for psychologists, historians, and political scientists is: who has a greater influence on the setting of goals, the means of achieving them, and political behavior, the society that created the imperial form, or the narrow elites and leaders of that empire?

A starting point could be the podcast that I am attaching: https://youtu.be/JTDQ32EC9Oo?si=vBhtvBlmDPyy4ASb