Historical factor
Cultural patronage
Cultural patronage is the sponsorship of art, architecture, literature and learning by rulers and elites. It was a recurring means by which empires displayed legitimacy, attracted talent and left lasting legacies. Examples include the House of Wisdom of the Abbasid Caliphate, the architecture and miniatures of the Timurid and Safavid empires, the monuments of the Mughal Empire and the scholarship of the Carolingian Renaissance.
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Abbasid CaliphateDeclineAfsharid EmpireSocioeconomyAlmohad CaliphateImpact, SummaryAyyubid EmpireImpactBabylonian EmpireImpactBenin EmpireGovernance, DeclineBrazilian EmpireImpactCarolingian EmpireMilitaryDarfur SultanateImpactEthiopian EmpireImpactGupta EmpireImpactMajapahit EmpireImpactMamluk SultanateImpactMaratha EmpireImpactMaurya EmpireImpact, DeclineMongol EmpireImpactMughal EmpireImpactOttoman EmpireImpactPtolemaic EmpireImpactRoman EmpireImpactRozvi EmpireFoundation, Socioeconomy, Military, Governance, DeclineSafavid EmpireImpactSeljuk EmpireImpactSikh EmpireImpactSonghai EmpireGovernanceSrivijaya EmpireMilitary, Governance, ImpactTimurid EmpireGovernance, ImpactWadai EmpireImpactYuan DynastyGovernanceZand EmpireImpact
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