empires
Conquerors' sprawling domains
Empires is the plural of empire—a group of nations or territories under a single authority, typically an emperor or empress.
The word evokes vast scale and central control: the Roman Empire, the British Empire.
Empire extends to dominant commercial entities: a real estate empire, a media empire.
Empires rise and fall.
Supreme independent authority
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
control · province · governorate · satrapy · suzerainty · mandate · hegemony · vassalage
Following in order
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- reignSovereign's time in power
- lineageDescent from progenitors
heir · aristocracy · nobility · royalty · house · coronation · inheritance · Romanov
Dominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- influencePower to affect others
- mightGreat physical strength
strength · dominance · command · predominance · rule · governance · military · conquest
Of the United Kingdom
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- DutchOf the Netherlands
Belgian · exploitation · territories · conquest · plantations · mercantilism · missionaries · indigenous
Collective social practices
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- innovationCreating something original
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
writing · philosophy · art · architecture · religion · language · trade · infrastructure
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- realmGoverned territory or sphere
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
authority · control · province · governorate · satrapy · suzerainty · mandate · hegemony · vassalage · overlordship
succession
Following in order
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- reignSovereign's time in power
lineage · heir · aristocracy · nobility · royalty · house · coronation · inheritance · Romanov · Habsburg
hegemony
Dominant group's control
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- influencePower to affect others
might · strength · dominance · command · predominance · rule · governance · military · conquest · subjugation
British
Of the United Kingdom
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
Dutch · Belgian · exploitation · territories · conquest · plantations · mercantilism · missionaries · indigenous · subjugation
culture
Collective social practices
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- innovationCreating something original
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
urbanization · writing · philosophy · art · architecture · religion · language · trade · infrastructure · monuments
Roman
Of ancient Italy's capital
Mongol · Macedonian · Egyptian · Assyrian · Babylonian · Han · Gupta · Mughal · Incan · Aztec
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- civilizationcivilizations, dynasty, kingdoms, society, dynasties
- history educationhistorian, history textbooks, textbook, history teachers, primary source
- legendsKing Arthur, Robin Hood, Hercules, Merlin, Excalibur
- Old WorldEurope, Asia, Africa, Mediterranean, Middle East
- comparative historycolonialism, revolutions, modernization, industrialization, slavery
empirescity-states
Self-governing urban territories
microstates · principalities · duchies · fiefdoms · cantons
empirescolonies
Territories under foreign control
vassal states · dependencies · protectorates · satellite states · occupied territories
empiresruins
Decayed structural remains
weaknesses · vassal states · client states · puppet states · dependencies
- ancient empiresHistorical superpowers now vanished
- Roman EmpireAncient state from Augustus onward
- British EmpireVast colonial domain
- Empire State BuildingTall NYC landmark structure
- media empireVast communications business network
- evil empireMorally corrupt superpower
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