It

Pronoun

  didn't

  help

Verb

  that

Pronoun

  back

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Adverb

  then

Adverb

  the

Determiner

  empire

Noun

  was

Auxiliary

  in the midst of

 a

  succession

Noun

  conflict

Noun

.

It didn't help that back then the empire was in the midst of a succession conflict.

It didn't help that back then the empire was in the midst of a succession conflict.