Religion / idea · concept
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is supreme political authority over a territory and its people, free from external control. The modern idea of territorial sovereignty is often linked to the Peace of Westphalia, as accounts of the Holy Roman Empire note. Questions of sovereignty appear across many profiles, including those of the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Sokoto Caliphate, often as they faced foreign pressure.
Mentioned in 52 profiles
Afsharid EmpireImpactAustro-Hungarian EmpireGovernanceDarfur SultanateGovernance, DeclineDutch EmpireFoundation, DeclineHoly Roman EmpireImpactMamluk SultanateDeclineMaratha EmpireFoundation, GovernanceMedian EmpireDeclineMughal EmpireDeclineOttoman EmpireFoundation, DeclineRozvi EmpireSummaryRussian EmpireFoundationSeleucid EmpireDeclineSeljuk EmpireGovernance, DeclineSokoto CaliphateGovernance, DeclineTokugawa ShogunateGovernance, DeclineIroquois ConfederacyImpactCanadaDeclineRepublic of PanamaImpact, SummaryAchaean LeagueImpactRepublic of VeniceFoundation, GovernanceDuchy of AquitaineGovernance, SummaryMargraviate of BrandenburgMilitaryAndorraGovernance, Impact, DeclineOld Swiss ConfederacyImpact, DeclineHanseatic LeagueDeclineCrimean KhanateGovernanceDutch RepublicFoundationKingdom of PrussiaFoundationPrincipality of LiechtensteinImpactKingdom of WürttembergFoundationGrand Duchy of HesseFoundationKingdom of BavariaFoundation, DeclineGrand Duchy of LuxembourgGovernanceGerman ConfederationFoundationKingdom of the NetherlandsDecline, SummaryRussian SFSRDecline, SummaryRepublic of FinlandGovernanceCzechoslovakiaDeclineRepublic of EstoniaDeclineUnited KingdomGovernanceChalukyas of BadamiFoundationUdaipur StateDeclineSulu SultanateDeclineLater Le dynastyImpactMataram SultanateDeclineDutch East IndiesGovernance, Decline, SummaryIndonesiaFoundation, SummaryUnited State of RajasthanSummarySouth African RepublicFoundationOrange Free StateFoundation, Decline, SummaryUnion of South AfricaSummary
Mentioned in 73 state histories
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sovereignty. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sovereignty
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