--- Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: CB: Has there been an actually existing empire ( since the 19th Century or otherwise)gaining returns without controlling territory ? --
Hi Charles, Isn't controlling territory part of the definition of empire? (Maybe you just mean "powerful state.") ===== Nu, zayats, pogodi! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Sign up for Fantasy Baseball. http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/