Because Korea, the primary land mass that was fought over, was too close to Japan...therefore too close for comfort if it was an enemy. It was like Cuba is to the US...and which resulted in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis; too close for comfort.
Russia, on the other hand, wanted the warm water sea port that Port Arthur had, which is right next to Korea. The Russians had no warm water (ice free) sea ports; and they needed them for their navy. If the Russians didn't have a navy...they couldn't expand.
The Maurya Empire was larger.
Gupta empire was larger than mauryan empire.
Empire.
The Greeks did not have an empire,
The Maurya Empire was larger.
The Mauryan Empire is the largest
The Mauryan Empire was larger than the Gupta Empire.
The Mauryan Empire was larger than the Gupta Empire.
yes
The British Empire was way larger and was way closer to today than the Roman Empire.
Growth is the process of becoming larger. Development is the process of becoming more complex.
An Empire is usually a large number of kingdoms ruled over by one conquering kingdom or nation, and therefore an empire would usually have a much larger population