Historical 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, though technically it spent it's last century as a British Vassal.
• 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
• Second French Empire-mostly known for getting there ass kicked by Prussia thus allowing Germany to be created: 1852–1870
• Austrian empire (including time spent as Autria-Hungary) 1804–1918
• The Holy Roman Empire 962–1806 (Some times called the first Reich)
• The German Empire 1871–1918 (The second Reich)
• Nazi German 1933 - 1945 (The third and shortest Reich, seriously 12 years? Every body point and laugh)

Notable Fictional Empires

• The First Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
• The Galactic Empire (Isaac Asimov's Foundation series)
• The Galactic Empire (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, this name is fairly common)
• The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)
• The Imperium of Man (Warhammer 40K)