An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant...

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The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centred in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast...

Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən/) or Sassanid Empire, also the Second Persian Empire, and officially known as Ērānšahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians")...

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred in Constantinople during Late Antiquity...

The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Romans conquered most of this during the Republic, and...

Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or...

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and...

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west...

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its...

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917....

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in...

The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol...

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed...

The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich...

The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a multinational European great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out...

The Vijayanagara Empire (/vɪˌdʒəjəˈnɑːɡərə/) was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers...

The Maurya Empire (Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha (present...

The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, lit. "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian...

The Seleucid Empire (/sɪˈljuːsɪd/;) was a Greek power in West Asia during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedonian general Seleucus...

The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976....

The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire (French: Empire Français; Latin: Imperium Francicum) after 1809 and also...

Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter for the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly...

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The building was designed...

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Media Group. The first issue was published in May 1989. David Hepworth of Emap, the publisher...

The Songhai Empire was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries. At its peak, it was one of the largest African...

The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português)...

The Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch...

Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process...

French Empire (French: Empire Français) may refer to: First French Empire, ruled by Napoleon I from 1804 to 1814 and in 1815 and by Napoleon II in 1815...