empires or thalassocracy 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 ... the largest state on the planet. File BritishEmpire1919.png In 1920, the BritishEmpire was List ... as powerful Monarchy monarchies . The Delian League Athenian Empire , the Roman Empire and the British ... to the British. During the same period, Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was a Hindu state ... page 21 ref The British also established their first empire in North America by colonizing the northern ... declared itself independent from the Britishempire thus beginning the American Revolution . Politically ... and vaster extension. After the Second World War 1939 1945 the BritishEmpire evolved into a loose ... commonwealth. The BritishEmpire also colonized China after the opium wars and had major influences ... II of the Russian Empire , Kaiser Wilhelm II of the German Empire , and George V of the United Kingdom ... George V of the United Kingdom in the robes of the Venerable Order of St. John small The term empire derives from the Latin imperium power, authority . Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive ... or an oligarchy . Aside from the traditional usage, the term empire can be used in an extended sense ... empire?view uk title definition of empire from Oxford Dictionaries Online publisher Oxford Dictionary ... ways i as a territorial 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 .... 23 24, ISBN 0 582 06829 0 pbk ref Territorial empires e.g. the Mongol Empire , the Median Empire ... states and peoples. What physically and politically constitutes an empire is variously defined ... title Empire year 2002 publisher Oxford University Press location New York isbn 978 0 19 280223 1 pages 15 ref Sometimes an empire is a semantic construction, such as when a ruler assumes the title ... 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 References reflist External links WoS game id 0001619 name Empire Category 1986 video games Category ZX Spectrum ... more details
Zoroastrian Empire may refer to empires with Zoroastrianism as the state religion Achaemenid Empire Arsacid Empire Sassanid Empire disambig ... 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 disambiguation ... 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 Theatre or Empire Theater may refer to In the United Kingdom Empire Theatre of Varieties, now the Empire, Leicester Square , City of Westminster, London Glasgow Empire Theatre , Glasgow Hackney Empire , in Hackney Liverpool Empire Theatre , Liverpool New Empire Theatre , Southend on Sea Sunderland Empire Theatre , Sunderland Thwaites Empire Theatre , Blackburn 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
American Empire may refer to American Empire, a fictional country in World of Ghost in the Shell series American Empire film American Empire film American Empire Harry Turtledove , series of alternate history novels American Empire style American imperialism See also American Empire Project The Decline of the American Empire disambig ... more details
Second Empire may refer to BritishEmpire Rise of the Second BritishEmpire 1783 1815 Second BritishEmpire , sometimes used to describe the BritishEmpire between 1783 and 1815 Second Bulgarian Empire 1185 1396 Second French Empire 1852 70 Second Empire architecture , an architectural style associated with the Second French Empire Second German Empire , sometimes used to describe the German Empire between 1871 and 1918 Second Mexican Empire 1864 1867 Second Persian Empire , sometimes used to describe the Parthian Empire ca. 247 BC 224 AD 2nd Empire Awards , film awards held in 1997 seealso First Empire disambiguation Third Empire disambiguation disambig ... more details
Empire series may refer to Galactic Empire series Galactic Empire series or Empire series by Isaac Asimov The Empire Duet The Empire Duet or Empire series, two novels by Orson Scott Card Empire 2012 TV series Empire 2012 TV series Empire 2005 TV series Empire 2005 TV series Empire 1962 TV series Empire 1962 TV series Empire ship , a series of ships Empire comics Empire comics , a comic series Star Wars Empire , a Star Wars comic series Classic Empire video game Classic Empire video game , a series of commercial games, originally designed by Walter Bright Empire Classic video game Empire Classic video game , a series of free games, originally designed by Peter Langston See also Empire disambiguation disambiguation ... more details
First Empire may refer to BritishEmpire First BritishEmpire 1583 1783 First BritishEmpire , sometimes used to describe the BritishEmpire between 1583 and 1783 First Bulgarian Empire 680 1018 First French Empire 1804 1814 1815 Holy Roman Empire First German Empire or First Reich , sometimes used to describe the Holy Roman Empire 962 1806 First Mexican Empire 1821 1823 First Persian Empire , sometimes used to describe the Achaemenid Empire ca. 550 BCE 336 BCE 1st Empire Awards , film awards held in 1996 seealso Second Empire disambiguation Third Empire disambiguation disambig ... more details
Empire Hotel or The Empire Hotel may refer to 100 McAllister Street , San Francisco, United States Empire Hotel, Bath , England Empire Hotel Llandudno , Wales Empire Hotel & Country club , Brunei Empire Landmark Hotel , Vancouver, Canada Empire Subang , Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Dab ... 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
Third Empire may refer to Third Bulgarian Empire , occasionally used to describe the Kingdom of Bulgaria 1908 1946 Third German Empire or Third Reich , another name for Nazi Germany 1933 1945 Das Dritte Reich The Third Empire , a 1923 novel by A. Moeller Bruck which influenced the Nazi Party Third Persian Empire , sometimes used to describe the Sassanid Empire ca. AD 224 651 3rd Empire Awards , film awards held in 1998 seealso First Empire disambiguation Second Empire disambiguation disambig ... more details
Inland Empire may refer to In geography Inland Empire California , a geographic region in Southern California Inland Northwest United States Inland Empire Inland Northwest , a geographic region encompassing Eastern Washington and North Idaho 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 nl Inland Empire ja pt Inland Empire desambigua o sv Inland Empire vi Inland Empire ... more details
Empire Township may refer to the following places in the United States Empire Township, McLean County, Illinois Empire Township, Ellsworth County, Kansas Empire Township, Dakota County, Minnesota Empire Township, Michigan Empire Township, Leelanau County, Michigan Empire Township, Andrew County, Missouri geodis Category Township name disambiguation pages de Empire Township ... 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
Empire Bay may refer to SS Empire Bay , a collier built in 1940 and sunk by bombing on 15 January 1942 Empire Bay Mafia , the fictional setting for Mafia II Places Empire Bay, New South Wales disambiguation ... more details
Empire Arrow may refer to SS Empire Arrow , built in Camden, New Jersey , in 1921 and scrapped c. 1938 MV Empire Arrow , built in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Sunderland in 1945 and scrapped in Kynosoura in 1981 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Empire Arrow ... 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
English colonial empire 16th Century 1707 became the BritishEmpire when England and Scotland were united. BritishEmpire 1707 1997 Citation needed date April 2012 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
Empire of Haiti may refer to The Empire of Haiti 1804 1806 of Jacques I of Haiti The Empire of Haiti 1849 1859 of Faustin I of Haiti disambiguation pt Imp rio do Haiti ... 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 Creek may refer to Rivers Empire Creek river , a tributary of the Yuba River, California, USA Ships MV Empire Creek , a British coaster in service 1941 46 dab ... more details
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