The course of human civilization has been shaped by empires over the past 3,000 years. The development of civilization is the result of persistent ideologies and actions of empires involving colonization and conquest, attitudes of racial supremacy and slavery, struggles for power and religious freedom, wars, politics and cultural influence. A valuable way to understand what an empire is through the challenges of the Empire's leader, such as how to create, establish and sustain rule over a diverse set of peoples, how to provide internal and external protection, and how to balance imperial aspirations and people's need for the rule of law, moral guidance and belief systems. It's important to remember that empires are about more than their leaders, but about people and the choices they make in their daily lives. A book that delves into the concept of empire, key events and themes in the history of empires is "Peoples and Empires". by Anthony Pagden. It reveals the importance of empires in history, the rise of the first great empires and how they evolved, the role of slavery, and the impact of exploration. There have been numerous empires in the world, including Asia, but Anthony Pagden tells the story of the major European empires: Roman, British, Spanish, and French. It begins with the first great empire of Alexander the Great and explores the timeline of Byzantine sovereignty, religious empires such as the Catholic Church, and ends with American colonization. the conquest of the empire of Alexander the Great and the application of all peoples under the monarch transformed the world. This first empire was as ambitious as it was considerable. It embodied exploration and expansion of colonization and conquest used a beautiful paper medium. The inhabitants loved Euniced and provided for her. This is shown in a quote from the book.” The Iroquois statement states that they "would rather separate their hearts." Eunice was also making her own choices, which may have been overlooked by the Puritans and her father. His choices stemmed from his preference for the culture and religion of the Irquos and his loss of respect for his father who remarried soon after his mother's death, let the transitory abduction and his religious zeal. In the irouqous nation they made their woman submissive and her choice to convert to a new religion that was not so suffocating. At first glance an English colonist kidnapped by Indians would place the Purians as heroes, the Indians as villains, and Eunice lives a horrible existence at the hands of her captors. But the opposite is true, he lived a life full of love and freedom.