Historical Empires

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 (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 Roman Empire
• The Chinese Empire
• The Mongolian Empire
• The Aztec Empire
• The Inca Empire
• The Ottoman Empire
• The Empire of Japan
• The Mughal Empire
• The Tsardom of Russia
• The British Empire (The Empire on which the Sun never sets)
• The French Empire (Vive le Napoleon!)
• The German Empire

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)

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