thalassocracies , e.g. the Delian League Athenian and BritishEmpire s with looser structures and more scattered territories. Definition An empire is a state with politico military dominion of populations ... the largest state on the planet. File BritishEmpire1919.png In 1920, the BritishEmpire was List ... Monarchy monarchies . The Delian League Athenian Empire , the Roman Empire and the British ..., died and their army fell to the British. During the same period, Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy ... politics and vaster extension. After the Second World War 1939 1945 the BritishEmpire evolved ... II of the Russian Empire , Kaiser Wilhelm II of the German Empire , and George V of the United Kingdom ... of St. John small The term empire derives from the Latin imperium power, authority . Politically, an empire ... by a monarch emperor , empress or an oligarchy . Geopolitically , the term empire has denoted very different, territorially extreme states at the strong end, the extensive Spanish Empire 16th c. and the BritishEmpire 19th c. , at the weak end, the Holy Roman Empire 8th c. 19th c. , in its Medieval and early modern forms. Etymologically, the political usage of empire denotes a strong, centrally ... . ref Oxford Dictionary http www.askoxford.com concise oed empire?view uk Retrieved 21 November ... empire of direct conquest and control with force direct, physical action to compel the emperor s goals , and ii as a coercive, hegemonic empire of indirect conquest and control with power the perception ... 0 pbk ref Territorial empires e.g. the Mongol Empire , the Median Empire tended to be Connected space .... What physically and politically constitutes an empire is variously defined. It might be a state effecting ... an empire is a semantic construction, such as when a ruler assumes the title of Emperor . The said ruler s nation logically becomes an Empire , despite having no additional territory or hegemony such as Central African Empire or the Korean Empire proclaimed in 1897 when Korea, far from gaining new ... more details
Infobox VG title Empire image Image Empire .png frame none Dogfighting with an alien ship in Empire developer Andrew Glaister publisher Firebird Software designer engine version released 1986 in video gaming 1986 genre Strategy game Strategy Action games Action modes Single Player ratings N A platforms ZX Spectrum , Commodore 64 C64 , Amstrad CPC media requirements input computer keyboard Keyboard Empire is a space combat and trading video game designed by Andrew Glaister and published by Firebird Software 1986 in video gaming in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum , Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC . Gameplay The player is the pilot of a spacecraft, set during a period of early space colonization. There are 64 star systems to explore, presented in a rotating top down 2D view. Each system has a starbase which issues missions, receives supplies from the player, and sells various ship add ons a sun that presents a navigation hazard due to its high temperature, and one or more orbiting planets. The player can navigate his ship onto a planet s surface through a warp hole and a tunnel maneuvering subgame. Once there, three different supplies can be collected in a first person video games first person flight subgame. The three supplies people, minerals and radioactives are then made available for pick up in the main playing area and can be transferred back to the starbase. Players must also defend themselves ... better ships and starbases to form their own empire. The last task of the game is to deploy a defence shield network to secure the player s empire from invaders. Critical reaction The game s retro ... cite magazine magazine CRASH issue issue 26 title Empire Preview ref but games magazines noted that underlying .... ref cite magazine magazine Sinclair User issue 52 title Empire preview ref Gallery gallery Image Empire starbase.png Inside a starbase Image Empire galaxy.png The galaxy map gallery External links WoS game id 0001619 name Empire References reflist 8bitcomputer game stub Category 1986 video games ... more details
Zoroastrian Empire may refer to empires with Zoroastrianism as the state religion Achaemenid Empire Arsacid Empire Sassanid Empire disambig ... more details
Empire may refer to Empire 1964 film Empire 1964 film by Andy Warhol Empire 1986 film Empire 1986 film by Alexander Sokurov Empire 2002 film Empire 2002 film by Franc. Reyes See also Empire disambiguation SIA films ... more details
Empire Township may refer to the following places in the United States Empire Township, McLean County, Illinois Empire Township, Minnesota Empire Township, Michigan Geodis de Empire Township ... more details
The term Haitian Empire can refer to The Empire of Haiti 1804 1806 Empire of Haiti of Jacques I of Haiti 1804 1806 The Empire of Haiti 1849 1859 Empire of Haiti of Faustin I of Haiti 1849 1859 disambig Category Former empires ... more details
Empire Airport may refer to Empire Airport Michigan in Empire, Michigan, United States FAA Y87 Empire Airport Nevada in Empire, Nevada, United States FAA 1A8 airport disambig ... more details
American Empire may refer to American Empire style American imperialism American Empire film American Empire film American Empire Harry Turtledove , series of alternate history novels Fictional country in World of Ghost in the Shell series See also American Empire Project The Decline of the American Empire disambig ... more details
Empire Theatre or Empire Theater may refer to In the United Kingdom Empire Theatre of Varieties, now the Empire, Leicester Square , City of Westminster, London Hackney Empire , in Hackney Liverpool Empire Theatre , Liverpool New Empire Theatre , Southend on Sea Sunderland Empire Theatre , Sunderland Glasgow Empire Theatre , Glasgow Middlesbrough Empire Theatre, Middlesbrough Empire Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne Nottingham Empire Palace Theatre In the United States Empire Theater, now known as the Mainstreet Theater , Kansas City, Missouri Empire Theatre New York City , a now demolished Broadway theatre Other The Empire Theatre , Toowoomba, Australia Empire Theatres , the second largest movie theatre chain in Canada See also Moss Empires , the company that owned many Empire Theatres in the United Kingdom disambig ... more details
Second Empire may refer to Second French Empire 1852 70 Second Mexican Empire 1864 67 German Second Reich 1871 1918 see German Empire Second Empire architecture style associated with the Second French Empire disambig ... more details
that operated in the 1940s Empire Cinemas , a British cinema chain, or any of its theatres Empire, Leicester ... , Tucson, Arizona, USA Empire ship s, a ship prefix of many ships operated by the British Government ...wiktionary Empire An empire is a group of states or peoples under the control of a centralized ruling authority. Empire or empires may also refer to TOCright Books and comics Empire book Empire book , by post Marxist philosophers Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt Empire , a history of the BritishEmpire by Niall Ferguson Empire 1987 novel Empire 1987 novel , a book in the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal The Empire duet The Empire duet , a series of two novels by Orson Scott Card Empire 2006 novel Empire 2006 novel , the first in the above duet Empire Trilogy , a fantasy series by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts Isaac Asimov s Galactic Empire series Galactic Empire series , a sci fi series by Isaac Asimov, also called the Empire series or trilogy Empire comics Empire comics , a comics miniseries Periodicals Empire magazine Empire magazine , a British film magazine Empire News , a former British newspaper, briefly known as EmpireEmpire South African magazine Empire South African magazine The Empire newspaper The Empire newspaper , owned by Henry Parkes Film, television and theatre Empire 1962 TV series Empire 1962 TV series Empire 1984 TV series Empire 1984 TV series Empire 2005 TV series Empire 2005 TV series Empire 1964 film Empire 1964 film , by Andy Warhol Empire 1986 film Empire 1986 film , by Alexander Sokurov Empire 2002 film Empire 2002 film , starring John Leguizamo The Empire play The Empire play , by DC Moore Galactic Empire Star Wars Galactic Empire Star Wars , a faction in the Star Wars universe Music Alec Empire , German musician Empires band , an indie alternative rock band from Chicago Empire Circle album Empire Circle album Empire Kasabian album Empire Kasabian album Empire Kasabian song Empire Kasabian song , title track of the above album Empire ... more details
Empire Exhibition may be BritishEmpire Exhibition , held in London in 1924 and 1925 Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 , held in Glasgow disambig ... more details
Two ships of the Ministry of War Transport were named Empire Commerce . SS Empire Commerce MV Empire Commerce Shipindex Category Ship names ... more details
Empire Service could refer to Empire Service Amtrak a train service in New York State BBC Empire Service a radio service, the forerunner to the BBC World Service . SS Empire Service a cargo ship. disambig ... more details
Inland Empire may refer to In geography Inland Empire California , a geographic region in Southern California Inland Empire Georgia , a geographic region in Georgia Inland Empire Pacific Northwest , a geographic region in the Northwest United States In entertainment Inland Empire film Inland Empire film , a 2006 film directed by David Lynch Inland Empire Magazine , a lifestyle magazine focused on entertainment, dining, and other topics related to the Inland Empire in Southern California disambig es Inland Empire fr Inland Empire it Inland Empire ja pt Inland Empire desambigua o sv Inland Empire vi Inland Empire ... more details
Empire Bay may refer to Places Empire Bay, New South Wales Ships SS Empire Bay , A collier built in 1940 and sunk by bombing on 15 January 1942. Video games Empire Bay Mafia Empire Bay , the fictional setting for Mafia II . disambig ... more details
Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages Empire Tower may refer to Empire Tower, Bangkok in Bangkok, Thailand Empire Tower, Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka Empire Tower, Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia SS Empire Tower , a cargo ship torpedoed and sunk during the Second World War disambig ... more details
End of empire is a phrase that may refer to The final phase in the decline of an imperial power, such as the BritishEmpire End of empireBritish or End of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine empires. Decolonization Abolition of monarchy List of extinct states Empire s End a book from the fictional Star Wars franchise disambig ... more details
The term Empire of Haiti can refer to The Empire of Haiti 1804 1806 Empire of Haiti of Jacques I of Haiti 1804 1806 The Empire of Haiti 1849 1859 Empire of Haiti of Faustin I of Haiti 1849 1859 disambig pt Imp rio do Haiti ... more details
Empire of Ash also known as Empire of Ash II is a post apocalyptic science fiction movie from 1988. The movie was re released in 1989 as Empire of Ash II . It was followed by one sequel Empire of Ash III . See also Empire of Ash III List of apocalyptic and post apocalyptic fiction References http www.imdb.com title tt0130652 Empire of Ash 1988 Category 1988 films Category 1989 films Category Post apocalyptic films it Empire of Ash ... more details
Empire Plaza may refer to Empire State Plaza , a complex of state government buildings in Albany, New York, U.S. Pra a do Imp rio Empire Square a city square in Lisbon, Portugal disambig ... more details
Empire Beauty may refer to a number of things. MV Empire Beauty , a ship built in 1943 and scrapped in 1969. Empire Beauty Schools , a cosmetology school in the USA founded in 1948 disambig ... more details
Lead too short date June 2010 The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the Her Majesty s Government British Government . Their names were all prefixed with Empire . Mostly they were used ... given the Empire prefix. They were acquired from a number of sources. Many were built for the MoWT ... Empire for all merchant ships built in Great Britain for the Her Majesty s Government Government ... p15 Tankers File RFA Wave Victor.jpg thumb RFA Wave Victor , ex Empire Bounty The Ocean type Tank ... D94 6 , formerly Empire Activity CAM ship Catapult Armed Merchantmen or CAM ships, were merchant cargo .... Eight requisitioned private ships and twenty seven Empire ships served as CAM ships. Ten of the Empire ... of convert 64 ft m 2 . Thirteen Empire prefixed standard class cargo liners were completed ... 188 ref Non standard cargo liners Empire Gala transferred on completion to Gouvernement Generale de L Indo Chine , Empire Pride converted to a troopship in the shipyard , SS Empire Song Empire Song and Empire Trust . ref name Mitchell1990 pp179 188 Refrigerated cargo liners Empire Abercorn , Empire Clarendon , Empire Grace , Empire Hope , Empire Might , SS Empire Star Empire Star originally laid down as Empire Mercia , Empire Wessex completed as Port Hobart in 1946 and Empire Wisdom . ref name Mitchell1990 pp179 188 1942 onwards, Standard fast cargo liners 9,900 gross tons Empire Allenby , Empire Captain , Empire Chieftain , Empire Dynasty , Empire Haig , Empire Joy , Empire Kitchener , SS Empire Life Empire Life , Empire Paragon , Empire Regent , Empire Rawlinson and Empire Wilson . ref ... lifting equipment. The first pair of ships built for the Ministry of War Transport, Empire Charmian and Empire Elaine were diesel powered. The remainder, Empire Admiral , Empire Athelstan , Empire Byng , Empire Canute , Empire Ethelbert launched as Beljeanne in 1946 , Empire Marshal , Empire Viceroy and Empire Wallace , were powered by steam turbines to provide more speed and power. These ships ... more details
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