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The Decline and Fall of Empires

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Ian Morris
Board of Contributors

Apr 15, 2015 | 08:00 GMT

A view of the Mausoleum of Barquq from the northern minaret in the City of Dead in Cairo.
A view of the Mausoleum of Barquq from the northern minaret in the City of Dead in Cairo.

(Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

America cannot escape the historical pattern of declining empires, but maybe it can shape it....

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