Forward military bases have underpinned imperial rule since antiquity

Evidence

Since the days of ancient Egypt, Rome, and China, military bases—especially bases abroad—have been a key foundation for imperial control over lands and people. The Egyptian Middle Kingdom positioned military strongholds on the borders of its empire, while fortified cities were the norm across the fertile Middle East from Babylon to Jerusalem. The acropolis, which we now think of as the hilltop home of the Parthenon in Athens, originally referred to mountaintop citadels of the kind that appear from Israel’s Masada to Machu Picchu in Peru. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 55

Categorization

• DEFINE: Notes the etymology of ‘acropolis’ as a general mountaintop citadel, not specifically the Athenian Parthenon site.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 55
• XREF: connects to: A small imperial base network preceded the postwar expansion into global dominance — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 53; Foreign military bases have underpinned imperial control since antiquity. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 55; US overseas bases extend an ancient imperial strategy of encircling domination (+7 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: A small imperial base network preceded the postwar expansion into global dominance — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 53; Foreign military bases have underpinned imperial control since antiquity. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 55; US overseas bases extend an ancient imperial strategy of encircling domination (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Foreign military bases have underpinned imperial control since antiquity. #corroborates (1.00) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 55
• Imperial control operates through refined understanding more than force #complicates (0.73)