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The Imperium saw further periods of severe instability throughout [[M35]] and [[M36]], experiencing civil wars during the [[Nova Terra Interregnum]] and [[Age of Apostasy]]. This period saw the worst internal violence since the Heresy. Following the Age of Apostasy, the Imperium was again heavily reorganized and many [[heretic]]s purged in the [[Age of Redemption]]. This new fervor culminated in a series of major [[Crusade]]s and [[War of Faith|Wars of Faith]] most notably the [[Redemption Crusades]] and [[Macharian Crusade]]. However, while successful, this period exhausted the Imperium's military forces and in [[The Waning]], many worlds were lost to [[xenos]] and [[Chaos]] attacks as well as internal rebellion.{{Fn|3e}}
The effects of The Waning ultimately culminated in late [[M41]], known as the [[Time of Ending]]. Here the exhausted Imperium not only faced rejuvenated old threats, but also terrifying new enemies like the [[Tyranid]]s and [[Necron]]s as well new smaller but dynamic alien empires such as the [[Tau]], [[Noisome Reek]], and [[Ulumeathic League]]. Beset on all sides by heresy and alien invasion, the future of the Imperium seems bleak.{{Fn|3e}} The Black Crusade saw both the destruction of [[Cadia]] and the formation of the [[Great Rift]], which has effectively split the Imperium in two. However some hope has been renewed thanks to the rebirth of the Primarch [[Roboute Guilliman]].
==Political Structure of the Imperium==
