I have to go with the Aztecs. From a single island, they were able to subjugate most of Mexico.
Plus, they had some pretty creative ways to sacrifice people. It's fascinating, in an incredibly dark kind of way.
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A lot of empires came from a small group of peope
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True, but unlike, say, the Romans, who spread their language and culture to the regions they conquered, the Aztecs never assimilated their enemies into their nation.
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That isn't fun