What's the meaning of "Comparative Empires"?
I'm translating an essay about comparison between ancient China and Rome into Chinese. A title of a section is "Comparative Empires: Paired Sovereigns, Human and Divine Emperors, and Millenarian Movements" .The "Paired Sovereigns..." are the similarities between China and Rome which the author will explore. I don't know what does the phase "Comparative Empires" mean, if it means "comparison between China and Rome", why the author use the adj. "comparative"？

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What's the meaning of "Comparative Empires"?
I'm translating an essay about comparison between ancient China and Rome into Chinese. A title of a section is "Comparative Empires: Paired Sovereigns, Human and Divine Emperors, and Millenarian Movements" .The "Paired Sovereigns..." are the similarities between China and Rome which the author will explore. I don't know what does the phase "Comparative Empires" mean, if it means "comparison between China and Rome", why the author use the adj. "comparative"？

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Need some contextual information as it's hard for me to answer this one.
As you're studying, I'm assuming it's a title of a course you're planning on doing.
I'm guessing, it's the comparison of two or a number of empires. The content could be quite wide.

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