What exactly constitutes an Empire (from the Latin "imperium", denoting military command within the ancient Roman government) is a topic of intense debate within the scholarly community. Generally, an empire is defined as a state that extends dominion over areas and populations that are culturally and ethnically distinct from the culture at the center of power. Like other states, an empire maintains its political structure at least partly by coercion. Land-based empires (such as Mongol or Achaemenid Persia) tend to extend in a contiguous area; sea-borne empires, also known as thalassocracies (the Athenian and British empires provide examples), may feature looser structures and more scattered territories.

Empires predate the Romans by several hundred years: Egypt, for example, created an empire in the 16th century BC by invading and then incorporating Nubia and the ancient city-states of the Levant. The Akkadian Empire of Sargon of Akkad exists as one of the earliest models of a far-flung, land-based empire. Empire contrasts with the example of a federation, where a large, multi-ethnic state — or even an ethnically homogeneous one like Japan or a small area like Switzerland — relies on mutual agreement amongst its component political units which retain a high degree of autonomy. Additionally, one can compare physical empires with potentially more abstract or less formally structured hegemonies, in which a culturally unified area is politically or militarily unified by the sphere of influence of a single political member, such as a city-state. Empires have also been compared with superpowers.

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there was a vast intergalactic empire. it declined. we are the first new life in the Blighted Zone. the empire finds us.
idiotblush (idiotblush) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:04:52 -0000
there was a vast intergalactic empire. it declined. we are the first new life in the Blighted Zone. the empire finds us.
shortest way from US to China: use the MTA von Empire State Buildung and get off after 4 stations, you'll be there - almost burgerfree zone
UweKaspers (Uwe Kaspers) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:13:52 -0000
shortest way from US to China: use the MTA von Empire State Buildung and get off after 4 stations, you'll be there - almost burgerfree zone
@ Espn Zone eatin n watchin the games then rockefeller and madison square. Im in an "empire state of mind" haha
TheNinerInsider (Mike Esposito) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:29:58 -0000
@ Espn Zone eatin n watchin the games then rockefeller and madison square. Im in an "empire state of mind" haha
Ooo, just discovered my subscription copy of the new Empire - it has a v cool "nightvision" Green Zone cover.
TheDailyEmma (Emma Abrook) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:41:15 -0000
Ooo, just discovered my subscription copy of the new Empire - it has a v cool "nightvision" Green Zone cover.
Rap 2009: "empire state of mind" & "D.O.A "de Jay Z / "les mains noires" de zone libre / l'album "nord sud est ouest 2ème épisode" RUMEUR
Surkin39 (Nicolas David) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:13:50 -0000
Rap 2009: "empire state of mind" & "D.O.A "de Jay Z / "les mains noires" de zone libre / l'album "nord sud est ouest 2ème épisode" RUMEUR
Ooh, there's a new issue of Empire out with "Green Zone" on the cover. Gotta pick that up today :)
MrTommyCampbell (Tommy Campbell) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:47:12 -0000
Ooh, there's a new issue of Empire out with "Green Zone" on the cover. Gotta pick that up today :)

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