The Russian empire is one of those empires that continued, arguably-- not arguably, it was the case-- after the four empires disappeared with World War I.

俄帝国可以说是,那些得以延续的帝国之一,这的确是事实,毕竟此前的四大帝国在一战中相继陨落

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After his death, his empire was divided up among his generals, and after some fighting and maneuvering and negotiations, four successors to Alexander the Great finally ended up splitting up his large empire into four smaller empires.

亚历山大死后，他的帝国被部下瓜分，经过数场战争，谋略及谈判，四位亚历山大大帝的继业者,最终将他庞大的帝国分割为四个部分。

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