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The 33 pages that link to Empire of Brazil, each with the reason it gives.

• Rio de JaneiroRelated: Rio remained the empire’s capital and center of political power.

• BrazilBroader topic: The empire maintained national unity while slavery and political conflict defined public life.

• Paraguayan WarRelated: Its intervention in Uruguay and subsequent war with Paraguay drove the conflict’s escalation.

• UruguayRelated: Brazil’s annexation of the territory as Cisplatina helped trigger the independence conflict.

• Pedro II of BrazilNarrower topic: Pedro II’s reign occupied most of the empire’s lifespan.

• Pedro I of BrazilNarrower topic: Pedro founded the empire, whose institutions outlasted his reign by nearly six decades.

• Viceroyalty of the Río de la PlataCompared with: Brazil became a neighboring power whose rivalry affected the former viceroyalty’s eastern territories.

• Brazilian ArmyNarrower topic: The army first served an imperial state seeking to hold together a vast territory.

• Battle of CaserosRelated: Brazil supplied troops, finance, and naval support to Urquiza’s campaign.

• Brazilian abolitionismRelated: Abolition weakened the monarchy’s support among slaveholding elites in its final years.

• Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)Narrower topic: The proclamation brought this state to an abrupt end.

• Transfer of the Portuguese Court to BrazilBroader topic: Independence produced an empire led by the Braganza prince who had stayed in Brazil.

• Cisplatine WarRelated: Its annexation of Cisplatina and resistance to its loss made it the war’s other belligerent.

• Deodoro da FonsecaNarrower topic: Fonseca’s military career unfolded under this monarchy, which his coup brought to an end.

• Federalism in BrazilNarrower topic: Its centralized monarchy preceded Brazil’s adoption of a federal republic.

• First Brazilian RepublicNarrower topic: The First Republic replaced this imperial state and its political institutions.

• Joaquim NabucoRelated: Nabuco’s abolitionist career unfolded within the empire’s parliamentary institutions.

• Machado de AssisRelated: Many of Machado's stories examine class and power in the society of this period.

• Brazilian nationalismBroader topic: Imperial institutions helped consolidate territorial unity across a vast, diverse country.

• Brazilian SenateNarrower topic: The Senate existed as a central institution throughout most of this imperial period.

• Independence of BrazilBroader topic: Independence produced an empire under Pedro I rather than a republic.

• AlagoasRelated: Alagoas became a separate province during the Empire, in 1817, before Brazilian independence.

• Brazilian National AnthemNarrower topic: The anthem’s melody dates to the imperial period, before Brazil became a republic.

• Floriano PeixotoNarrower topic: Peixoto's republican government replaced institutions inherited from this monarchy.

• MaceióRelated: Maceió’s elevation to provincial capital occurred during the imperial period.

• Ragamuffin WarNarrower topic: The rebels challenged imperial authority and sought greater provincial autonomy or separation.

• SergipeRelated: Sergipe became a province within the empire after Brazilian independence.

• AracajuNarrower topic: Aracaju was founded during the imperial period as a provincial capital.

• History of South AmericaBroader topic: Its long survival set Brazil’s political development apart from its neighbors.

• Irineu Evangelista de SousaNarrower topic: Mauá’s enterprises expanded under the empire’s political and economic institutions.

• Law of BrazilRelated: Imperial institutions shaped early national codes and courts.

• Politics of BrazilNarrower topic: Its centralized institutions preceded Brazil’s republican political order.

• TeresinaNarrower topic: Teresina’s founding took place during the Brazilian Empire.