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An Empire is a large political entity where one group of people gains the political, economic and military muscle to unify a bunch of other groups of people under it's banner and either lord over them or intergrate them into a cohesive whole. Empire is dirived from the Latin word ''Imperium'' which means Authority and more specifically the authority to command numerous roman legions. | An Empire is a large political entity where one group of people gains the political, economic and military muscle to unify a bunch of other groups of people under it's banner and either lord over them or intergrate them into a cohesive whole. Empire is dirived from the Latin word ''Imperium'' which means Authority and more specifically the authority to command numerous roman legions. | ||
== Notable Real Life Empires == | == Notable Real Life Empires == | ||
*The Neo Assyrian Empire (an Empire which had in its foundation in a belief that if their army ever lost a battle the world would end, unsurprisingly it lasted until slightly after they lost their first major battle) | *The Neo Assyrian Empire 911 BC–612 BC(an Empire which had in its foundation in a belief that if their army ever lost a battle the world would end, unsurprisingly it lasted until slightly after they lost their first major battle) | ||
*The Achaemenid Empire | *The Achaemenid or first Persian Empire 550–330 BC | ||
*The [[Roman Empire]] | *The [[Roman Empire]] 27 BC – 476 AD Western, 330 – 1204 Eastern | ||
*The | *The Chinese Empire: Easily a dozen different empires the oldest going back to 2100 BC. | ||
*The Mongolian Empire | *The Mongolian Empire 1206–1368 AD | ||
*The Aztec Empire | *The Aztec Empire 1428–1521 | ||
*The Inca Empire | *The Inca Empire 1438–1533 | ||
*The Ottoman Empire | *The Ottoman Empire 1299–1923 | ||
*The Empire of Japan | *The Empire of Japan 1868–1947 | ||
*The Mughal Empire | *The Mughal Empire 1526–1857 | ||
*The Tsardom of Russia | *The Tsardom of Russia 1547–1721 | ||
*The British Empire ([https://what-if.xkcd.com/48/ | *The British Empire 1583-1997 (when Hong Kong was formerly turned over to China. even so they still have handful of oversees territory [https://what-if.xkcd.com/48/ over which the sun has still yet to set]) | ||
*The French Empire (''Vive le Napoleon!'') | *The First French Empire (''Vive le Napoleon!'') 1804–1815 | ||
*The German Empire | *The German Empire 1871–1918 | ||
*Austrian empire (including time spent as Autria-Hungary) 1804–1918 | |||
== Notable Fictional Empires == | == Notable Fictional Empires == | ||
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An Empire is a large political entity where one group of people gains the political, economic and military muscle to unify a bunch of other groups of people under it's banner and either lord over them or intergrate them into a cohesive whole. Empire is dirived from the Latin word Imperium which means Authority and more specifically the authority to command numerous roman legions.
Notable Real Life Empires
- The Neo Assyrian Empire 911 BC–612 BC(an Empire which had in its foundation in a belief that if their army ever lost a battle the world would end, unsurprisingly it lasted until slightly after they lost their first major battle)
- The Achaemenid or first Persian Empire 550–330 BC
- The Roman Empire 27 BC – 476 AD Western, 330 – 1204 Eastern
- The Chinese Empire: Easily a dozen different empires the oldest going back to 2100 BC.
- The Mongolian Empire 1206–1368 AD
- The Aztec Empire 1428–1521
- The Inca Empire 1438–1533
- The Ottoman Empire 1299–1923
- The Empire of Japan 1868–1947
- The Mughal Empire 1526–1857
- The Tsardom of Russia 1547–1721
- The British Empire 1583-1997 (when Hong Kong was formerly turned over to China. even so they still have handful of oversees territory over which the sun has still yet to set)
- The First French Empire (Vive le Napoleon!) 1804–1815
- The German Empire 1871–1918
- Austrian empire (including time spent as Autria-Hungary) 1804–1918
Notable Fictional Empires
- The First Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
- The Galactic Empire (Issac Asimov's Foundation series)
- The Galactic Empire (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, this name is fairly common)
- The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)