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An empire
Empire
The term empire derives from the Latin imperium . Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a monarch or an oligarchy....

is a group of states or peoples under the control of a centralized ruling authority.

Empire or empires may also refer to:

Books and comics

  • Empire (book)
    Empire (book)
    Empire is a text written by post-Marxist philosophers Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt. The book, written in the mid-1990s, was published in 2000 and quickly sold beyond its expectations as an academic work.-Summary:...

    , by post-Marxist philosophers Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt
  • Empire, a history of the British Empire by Niall Ferguson
    Niall Ferguson
    Niall Campbell Douglas Ferguson is a British historian. His specialty is financial and economic history, particularly hyperinflation and the bond markets, as well as the history of colonialism.....

  • Empire (1987 novel), a book in the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal
  • The Empire duet
    The Empire duet
    The Empire Duet is a two-book series created by Orson Scott Card, beginning with Empire in 2006. The sequel Hidden Empire was released December 22, 2009..-Video game:...

    , a series of two novels by Orson Scott Card
    • Empire (2006 novel)
      Empire (2006 novel)
      Empire is a speculative fiction novel by Orson Scott Card. It tells the story of a possible second American Civil War, this time between the Right Wing and Left Wing in the near future. It is the first of the two books in The Empire duet, followed by Hidden Empire with the video game Shadow...

      , the first in the above duet
  • Empire Trilogy
    Empire Trilogy
    The Empire Trilogy is a collaborative trilogy of novels written by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. It traces the story of Mara of the Acomas rise to power from a convent novitiate to the most powerful woman in the fictional world of Kelewan...

    , a fantasy series by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
  • Empire (2010 book)
    Empire (2010 book)
    Empire is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, published by Corsair in 2010. It is the sequel to Roma, and follows the lives of five generations of the Pinarius family from the reign of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, to the height of Rome's empire under Hadrian....

    , a historical novel by Steven Saylor
  • Galactic Empire series
    Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire Series
    The Galactic Empire Series is a science fiction series containing three novels and one short story by the American author Isaac Asimov...

    , a sci-fi series by Isaac Asimov, also called the Empire series or trilogy
  • Empire (comics)
    Empire (comics)
    Empire is an American comic book limited series published by Gorilla Comics and DC Comics, created by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson....

    , a comics miniseries

Periodicals

  • Empire (film magazine), a British film magazine
  • Empire News
    Empire News
    The Empire News was a Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom.The newspaper was founded in 1884 in Manchester as The Umpire. A penny newspaper, it was the first successful provincial Sunday newspaper in England. Owned by H. S. Jennings, the Umpire was subtitled "A Sporting, Athletic, Theatrical...

    , a former British newspaper, briefly known as Empire
  • Empire (South African magazine)
  • The Empire (newspaper), owned by Henry Parkes
    Henry Parkes
    Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...


Film, television and theatre

  • Empire (1962 TV series)
    Empire (1962 TV series)
    Empire, an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s ranch in New Mexico, starred Richard Egan , Terry Moore , and Ryan O'Neal . It ran on NBC for a season between September 25, 1962, and May 14, 1963...

  • Empire (1984 TV series)
  • Empire (2005 TV series)
  • Empire (1964 film)
    Empire (1964 film)
    Empire is a silent, black-and-white film made by Andy Warhol. It consists of eight hours and five minutes of continuous slow motion footage of the Empire State Building in New York City. Abridged showings of the film were never allowed, and supposedly the very unwatchability of the film was an...

    , by Andy Warhol
  • Empire (1986 film)
    Empire (1986 film)
    -Background:Empire was inspired by Lucille Fletcher's radio drama Sorry, Wrong Number. For the film, Sokurov, as often, selected a single motif from the work of inspiration - in this case it was the sickness of a woman....

    , by Alexander Sokurov
  • Empire (2002 film)
    Empire (2002 film)
    -Plot:Victor Rosa is a drug dealer in New York who sells a specific brand of heroin called "Empire". His area, or "turf", is located in the South Bronx, where his other rivals all maintain an uneasy truce. They generally respect each other's borders and sanctity...

    , starring John Leguizamo
  • The Empire (play)
    The Empire (play)
    The Empire is a 2010 play by British playwright DC Moore set during the War in Afghanistan. It was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre in London directed by Mike Bradwell. The production was critically acclaimed...

    , by DC Moore
  • Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
    Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
    The Galactic Empire is one of the main factions in the fictional universe of Star Wars. It is a galaxy-spanning regime established by the series' lead villain, Palpatine, to replace the Galactic Republic in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The Galactic Empire is introduced in Star Wars...

    , a faction in the Star Wars universe

Music

  • Alec Empire
    Alec Empire
    Alec Empire is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot. Also a prolific and distinguished solo artist, producer and DJ, he has released well over a hundred albums, EPs and singles and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including Björk...

    , German musician
  • Empires (band)
    Empires (band)
    Empires is a rock band from Chicago, IL. The band consists of Tom Conrad, Sean Van Vleet, Max Steger, and Ryan Luciani. They formed in 2007 and have released one full-length album, two EPs, and one 7" single....

    , a rock band from Chicago
  • Empire (Circle album)
    Empire (Circle album)
    Mountain is the sixteenth album by Finnish experimental rock band Circle.It was issued as a limited edition vinyl LP by Riot Season in 2004. It is a recording of a concert from 12th May 2004 at Bar Mary, Porvoo, Finland....

     or its title track
  • Empire (Kasabian album)
    Empire (Kasabian album)
    Empire is the second album by British indie rock band Kasabian, released in August 2006. The album went onto #1 in the UK Albums Chart upon its release and was preceded by the release of new single "Empire" on 24 July 2006....

    • "Empire" (Kasabian song), title track of the above album
  • Empire (Madball album)
    Empire (Madball album)
    Empire is an album by New York hardcore punk band Madball. Recorded in Florida during the Summer 2010 and entirely produced by Erik Rutan, it was released on October 10, 2010.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Freddy Cricien - vocals* Mitts - guitar...

     or its title track
  • Empire (Queensrÿche album)
    • "Empire" (Queensrÿche song)
      Empire (Queensrÿche song)
      "Empire" is a song by the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, appearing on their 1990 album Empire.The lyrical content of the song warns of a foreboding and unstoppable "Empire" of drug trafficking within the United States and its related crimes, that will inevitably lead to the breakdown of...

      , title track of the above album
  • Empire (EP)
    Empire (EP)
    Empire is the second EP by American metalcore band The Word Alive. It was released on July 21, 2009 through Fearless Records, produced by Andrew Wade and charted at number 15 on Billboards Top Heatseekers. The song "Casanova Rodeo" was re-recorded from the unreleased EP along with "Inviting Eyes"...

    , by The Word Alive
  • Empires (Animosity album) or its title track
  • Empires, an album by Jimi Jamison
    Jimi Jamison
    Jimmy Wayne "Jimi" Jamison is a rock vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer for the band Survivor from 1984–1989 and 2000-2006.- Further biography :...

     or its title track
  • Empires (VNV Nation album)
    Empires (VNV Nation album)
    -External links:* * [ AMG Review]...

  • "Empire", a song by Christian rock band As Cities Burn from their album Come Now, Sleep
    Come Now, Sleep
    Come Now Sleep is the second album by As Cities Burn. The album was released on August 14, 2007. It was produced by Son, I Loved You at Your Darkest producer, Matt Goldman. On August 7th the album was streaming in its entirety on the bands myspace page. Pre-orders of "Come Now Sleep" came with a...

  • "Empire", a song by Christian metal band August Burns Red from their album Leveler
    Leveler (album)
    Leveler is the fourth studio album by American metal band August Burns Red, released on June 21, 2011 through Solid State Records. They released the first song, "Empire", on May 16, 2011 on their Facebook page....

  • "Empire", a song by Bill Madden
    Bill Madden
    Bill Madden is an American singer-songwriter, also regarded as an indie and an activist. Madden is best known for his environmental song and music video Gone which was in rotation on television networks, mtvU in America and MuchMusic in Canada. As a short film and music video, Gone also won...

     from his album Child of the Same God
  • "Empire", a song by psychedelic rock band The Black Angels from their album Passover
    Passover (album)
    Passover is the debut album from Texas psychedelic rock band The Black Angels, released in 2006.- Track listing :#"Young Men Dead" – 5:32#"The First Vietnamese War" – 3:30#"The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven" – 4:16#"The Prodigal Sun" – 4:23...

  • "Empire", a song by Bomb the Bass
    Bomb the Bass
    Bomb the Bass is the umbrella title for the output of British musician and producer, Tim Simenon. The band, which has evolved its style over the years, has been classed as electronic or dance....

    , Benjamin Zephaniah
    Benjamin Zephaniah
    Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is an English writer and dub poet. He is a well-known figure in contemporary English literature, and was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008....

     and Sinéad O'Connor
    Sinéad O'Connor
    Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....

  • "Empire", a song by post-hardcore band Boysetsfire from their album The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years
    The Misery Index: Notes From The Plague Years
    The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years is an album by Delaware band Boysetsfire. It is the first album of new releases on Equal Vision Records but also the band's last album...

  • "Empire", a song by heavy metal band Chimaira from their album Resurrection
    Resurrection (Chimaira album)
    -Personnel:* Mark Hunter – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, theremin, samplers* Rob Arnold – lead guitar* Matt DeVries – rhythm guitar* Jim LaMarca – bass guitar* Andols Herrick – drums* Chris Spicuzza – keyboards, backing vocals...

  • "Empire", a song by Dar Williams from her album My Better Self
    My Better Self
    My Better Self is a Dar Williams' album which was released on September 13, 2005 by Razor & Tie.-Track listing:All songs are by Dar Williams if not noted otherwise.#"Teen for God" – 3:28#"I'll Miss You Till I Meet You" – 4:27...

  • "Empire", a song by David Byrne from his album Grown Backwards
    Grown Backwards
    Grown Backwards is an album by David Byrne, released March 16, 2004.-Track listing:All tracks written by David Byrne, except where noted.#"Glass, Concrete & Stone" – 4:13...

  • "Empire", a song by grindcore band Discordance Axis
    Discordance Axis
    Discordance Axis was a grindcore band from East Brunswick, New Jersey.-Biography:Frontman Jon Chang on the history of the band:"Discordance Axis was a three piece grind core band that started in NJ around 1992. The band started after myself and Rob's previous band disintegrated and we found Da5e at...

     from their album Ulterior
  • "Empire", a bonus song by industrial metal band Fear Factory from their album Transgression
    Transgression (album)
    -Credits:*Burton C. Bell – vocals, engineer, assistant, supervisor*Christian Olde Wolbers – guitar, bass, arranger*Raymond Herrera – drums, arranger, engineer*Byron Stroud - bass*Reggie Boyd – assistant*Tom Jermann – visual design...

  • "Empire", a song by electro-industrial band In Strict Confidence from their album Face the Fear
  • "Empire", a song by rock band Jack Frost
    Jack Frost (band)
    Jack Frost was an Australian rock band, a side project of The Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan and The Church's Steve Kilbey.Jack Frost released two albums, Jack Frost in 1991 and Snow Job in 1996 ....

     from their album Snow Job
  • "Empire", a song by American rapper Mac from his album Shell Shocked
    Shell Shocked (album)
    Shell Shocked is the second album by rapper, Mac. It was released on July 21, 1998 through No Limit Records and was almost entirely produced by Beats By the Pound. Like most of No Limit's releases in the late 90's, Shell Shocked peaked high on the Billboard charts, making it to #11 on the Billboard...

  • "Empire", a song by SID metal band Machinae Supremacy from the underground edition of their album Redeemer
  • "Empire", a song by hip-hop duo Pete Philly and Perquisite from their album Mystery Repeats
    Mystery Repeats
    Mystery Repeats is the second full-length album by Dutch Hip-Hop duo Pete Philly and Perquisite. The album was released on September 7, 2007 in the Netherlands and Japan on ANTI Records.- Track listing :- External links :* from MySpaceTV...

  • "Empire", a song by nu metal band Superheist from their album Identical Remote Controlled Reactions
    Identical Remote Controlled Reactions
    Identical Remote Controlled Reactions is the first full Superheist release to feature singer Joey Biro, who proved to be something of the bands savour, but catalyst to their eventual demise. IRCR proved far stronger than previous album The Prize Recruit in song personality and overall weight in sound...

  • "Empire", a song by post-hardcore band Therefore I Am
    Therefore I Am
    Therefore I Am was a post-hardcore band from Boston, Massachusetts signed to Equal Vision Records that disbanded on November 20, 2010.-History:...

     from their album You Are Connected
  • "Empire", a song by bluegrass band Trampled by Turtles
    Trampled By Turtles
    Trampled By Turtles is a progressive bluegrass band from Duluth, Minnesota. The group is most famous for its high-tempo, fast-paced songs but also features lead vocalist Dave Simonett's lyric writing abilities in slower ballads. Their high-energy concerts have attracted an ever-growing,...

     from their album Duluth
  • "Empires", a song by alternative metal band 10 Years from their album The Autumn Effect
    The Autumn Effect
    The Autumn Effect is Tennessee rock band 10 Years' first major label album, released on August 16, 2005. Featured on the album is the popular modern rock track "Wasteland" and two other singles, Through the Iris and Waking Up.-Track listing:...

  • "Empires", a song by electronic dance music act Chicane
    Chicane (recording artist)
    Chicane is a British electronic dance music act, and the guise of British musician, composer, songwriter and record producer, Nicholas Bracegirdle....

     from a promotional version of their unreleased album Easy to Assemble
  • "Empires", a song by The Snake the Cross the Crown
    The Snake the Cross the Crown
    The Snake the Cross the Crown is an indie/Americana band from Huntsville, Alabama signed to Equal Vision Records.-History:Originally known as Curbside Service, the group released one album under this name, I Packed My Bags a Year in Advance, before changing to their present name...

  • "Empires", a song by techno band Snog
    Snog
    Snog is a band formed by Australian musician David Thrussell, along with fellow art school friends, Tim McGrath and Julia Bourke, in 1989. The band's music is a fusion of many different styles, including industrial, techno, ambient, experimental, funk and even some of the social commentary of...

     from their album Dear Valued Customer
  • "Empires", a song by instrumental rock band Sound Tribe Sector 9
    Sound Tribe Sector 9
    Sound Tribe Sector 9 is an instrumental band known for their live performances. The band’s genre-blending sound is based heavily on instrumental rock and electronic music crossed with elements of funk, jazz, drum and bass, psychedelia, and hip hop...

     from their album Peaceblaster
  • "Empires (Bring Me Men)
    Empires (Bring Me Men)
    "Empires " is a song by the late Omani artist Lamya. It was released in 2002. It was the first single taken from her first album Learning From Falling....

    ", a song by Lamya from her album Learning from Falling

Sporting competitions

  • Empire Games, a sporting festival now known as the Commonwealth Games.

Video and computer games

  • Classic Empire (video game), a turn-based strategy game invented by Walter Bright
  • Empire Classic (video game), a 1970s game also called Civilization
  • Empire (PLATO), a 1973 space battle game for the PLATO system
  • Empire (online game)
    Empire (online game)
    Empire was a MUD, a text-based online role-playing game, founded in 1992 by Farhaj "Astafas" Hashmi and several associates. It received critical praise.-Game characteristics:...

    , a MUD, or text-based online role-playing game
  • Empire, a 1980s strategy game for the BBC Micro
  • Empire!
    Empire!
    Empire! is a space combat and trading video game designed by Andrew Glaister and published by Firebird Software in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.-Gameplay:...

    , a 1986 space trading and combat video game
  • Empire or Empire: Alpha Complex, the working titles for the Xbox Live Arcade game Shadow Complex
    Shadow Complex
    Shadow Complex is a platform-adventure video game developed by Chair Entertainment in association with Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox Live Arcade, and is powered by Unreal Engine 3...

  • Empire: Total War
    Empire: Total War
    Empire: Total War is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics computer game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. The fifth instalment in the Total War series, the game was released in North America on 3 March 2009, and in the rest of the world the following day...

    , a 2009 strategy computer game
  • Empires (video game), a mod for Half-Life 2
  • Empires: Dawn of the Modern World
    Empires: Dawn of the Modern World
    Empires: Dawn of the Modern World is a history-based real-time strategy computer game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and released on October 21, 2003...

    , a computer game in the Empire Earth series
  • The Empire video game trilogy (I: World Builders, II: Interstellar Sharks, III: Armageddon) developed by David Mullich
    David Mullich
    David Mullich is an American game producer and designer best known for creating the cult classic 1980 adventure game The Prisoner, producing the 1995 adaptation I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, and developing many games in the Heroes of Might and Magic franchise...

  • Empire Interactive
    Empire Interactive
    Empire Interactive was a UK based video game developer and publisher founded in 1987. It was closed under administration on 4 May 2009.-About Empire Interactive:...

    , a video game publisher

Tabletop games

  • Empire (miniatures game)
    Empire (miniatures game)
    Empire is a classic Napoleonic wargame first published by Scott Bowden in 1975. It was inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design's Hall of Fame in 1978.The latest edition of Empire can be seen athttp://www.thewarevent.com/forums/...

  • Empire (strategy game)
    Empire (strategy game)
    Empire is a turn-based strategy game of industrial development and military conquest. Empire is played on large maps with off-set squares that display one or more continents and feature various resource squares. The game has undergone several incarnations and ongoing development...

  • The Empire (Warhammer)
    The Empire (Warhammer)
    In Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe, The Empire is one of the human political factions and armies, and is featured in many games and novels. In terms of location, language, culture, and society, it bears a strong resemblance to the Holy Roman Empire...


Places

In the United States:
  • Empire, California
    Empire, California
    Empire is a census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States. The population was 4,189 at the 2010 census, up from 3,903 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    , in Stanislaus County
  • Empire, Contra Costa County, California
    Empire, Contra Costa County, California
    Empire is a former settlement in Contra Costa County, California. It was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad south of Antioch, at an elevation of 52 feet ....

  • Empire, Mendocino County, California
    Empire, Mendocino County, California
    Empire is a former settlement in Mendocino County, California. It was located on the South Fork of the Eel River east-southeast of Mendocino, at an elevation of 1339 feet . Empire still appeared on maps as of 1952....

  • Empire, Colorado
    Empire, Colorado
    The historic Town of Empire is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The population was 355 at the U.S. Census 2000. The town is a former mining settlement that flourished during the Colorado Silver Boom in the late 19th century. It is located in the valley Clear...

  • Empire, Louisiana
    Empire, Louisiana
    Empire is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,211 at the 2000 census.-Hurricane Katrina:...

  • Empire, Michigan
    Empire, Michigan
    Empire is a village in Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 378 at the 2000 census. The village is located within Empire Township.-Description:...

  • Empire, Nevada
  • Empire, Ohio
    Empire, Ohio
    Empire is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 300 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Empire, Oregon
  • Empire, Wisconsin
    Empire, Wisconsin
    Empire is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,620 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 29.1 square miles , of which, 29.0 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of...

  • Empire City, Oklahoma
    Empire City, Oklahoma
    Empire City, or simply Empire, is a town in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 734 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Empire City is located at ....

  • Empire Township, Michigan
    Empire Township, Michigan
    Empire Township is a civil township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,085 at the 2000 census. The village of Empire is located within the township.-Geography:...


Companies

  • Empire Airlines
    Empire Airlines
    Empire Airlines is a charter and cargo airline based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA. It operates over 120 scheduled and charter cargo flights a day in 18 US states and Canada. Its main base is Coeur d'Alene Airport with a hub at Spokane International Airport....

    , an American airline
  • Empire Airlines (1976-1985)
    Empire Airlines (1976-1985)
    -Overview:Empire Airlines was a regional airline serving the Northeastern United States beginning in 1976. In 1985, the airline was purchased by Piedmont Airlines, which itself was later purchased by USAir and whose name now lives on in the US Airways Express network.Founded by Paul Quackenbush,...

    , a defunct American airline
  • Empires Airlines
    Empires Airlines
    Empires Airlines was an airline that merged with Zimmerly Airlines in 1946 to form West Coast Airlines. West Coast Airlines later merged with two other airlines to form Hughes Airwest in 1968. In 1980 Hughes Airwest was acquired by Republic Airlines, which was acquired in 1986 by Northwest...

    , an American airline that operated in the 1940s
  • Empire Cinemas
    Empire Cinemas
    Empire Cinemas Limited is a multiplex cinema chain in the UK. There are 17 Empire Cinemas with 141 screens in total, including the flagship Empire Cinema in Leicester Square, London which hosts various film premières and first-runs.-Ownership & Management:...

    , a British cinema chain, or any of its theatres
    • Empire, Leicester Square, a central London cinema owned by Empire Cinemas

  • Any of a number of former Moss Empires
    Moss Empires
    Moss Empires was a British company formed in Edinburgh from the merger of the theatre companies owned by Sir Edward Moss and Sir Oswald Stoll in 1898. This created the largest British chain of music halls...

     music hall theatres, originally including the above cinema and:
    • Hackney Empire
      Hackney Empire
      The Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney, built in 1901 as a music hall.-History:Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building...

    • Liverpool Empire Theatre
      Liverpool Empire Theatre
      Liverpool Empire Theatre is located on the corner of Lime Street and London Road in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The theatre is the second to be built on the site, and was opened in 1925. It has the largest two-tier auditorium in Britain and can seat 2,350 people...

    • O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
  • Empire Company
    Empire Company
    Empire Company Limited is a Canadian holding company based in Stellarton, Nova Scotia.Controlled by the Sobey family, Empire is sole owner of the Canadian grocery chain Sobeys Inc., as well as various commercial real estate and residential development companies, notably ASC and Crombie REIT...

    , a Canadian holding company
    • Empire Theatres
      Empire Theatres
      Empire Theatres Limited is the second-largest movie theatre chain in Canada, and the only major circuit operating in Atlantic Canada. A subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd., the family-owned parent of the Sobeys supermarket chain presently owns and operates 51 locations in 8 of 10 provinces, from...

      , the second-largest movie theatre chain in Canada and subsidiary of the above company
  • Empire Industries, defunct subsidiary toy company of Empire of Carolina that bought Buddy L
    Buddy L
    Buddy L is an American toy brand and company founded in 1920 as the Buddy L Toy Company in East Moline, Illinois, by Fred Lundahl.-History:...

     in 1990
  • Empire Today
    Empire Today
    Empire Today, LLC is a Northlake, Illinois-based home improvement and home furnishing company, specializing in installed carpet, flooring, and window treatments. The company operates in more than 45 major metropolitan areas in the United States, making it one of the leading providers of installed...

    , an American home furnishing company

Other uses

  • Empire (1901 automobile)
    Empire (1901 automobile)
    The Empire was an American automobile manufactured from 1901 until 1902. A product of Sterling, Illinois, it featured a vee-twin engine geared to its right-hand rear wheel.-References:*David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles....

  • Empire (1910 automobile)
    Empire (1910 automobile)
    The Empire was an American automobile manufactured from 1910 until 1919. Marketed as "the little aristocrat", the Empire 20 was a four-cylinder shaft-driven runabout built in Indianapolis. The model "A" was a conventional runabout for three passengers with a rumble seat...

  • Empire (apple)
    Empire (apple)
    Empire is the name of a clonally-propagated cultivar of apple derived from a seed grown in 1945 by Lester C. Anderson, a Cornell University fruit nutritionist who conducted open pollination research on his various orchards.In 1945, under the direction of A. J...

    , a cultivar of apple
  • Empire (biology), a taxonomic rank of organisms
  • Empire Cricket Club
    Empire Cricket Club
    Empire Cricket Club is a cricket club in Barbados. The club plays in Barbados Cricket Association Division 1 championship. The club was formed on 24 May 1914—Empire Day—from which it took its name. The club was formed by disaffected members of Spartan Cricket Club...

    , Barbados
  • Empire High School
    Empire High School
    Empire High School, also known as EHS, is a public high school in the Vail Unified School District in Vail, Arizona. It is the first public high school in the United States to use all-wireless laptop technology and fully digital curriculum resources.-History:Empire opened to students in August...

    , Tucson, Arizona, USA
  • Empire ship
    Empire ship
    The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the British Government. Their names were all prefixed with "Empire". Mostly they were used during World War II by the Ministry of War Transport , who owned the ships but contracted out their management to various shipping lines. Some ships...

    s, a ship prefix of many ships operated by the British Government
  • Short Empire
    Short Empire
    The Short Empire was a passenger and mail carrying flying boat, of the 1930s and 1940s, that flew between Britain and British colonies in Africa, Asia and Australia...

    , a pre-WWII flying boat
  • Empire silhouette
    Empire silhouette
    An Empire silhouette is created by a woman wearing a high-waisted dress, gathered near or just under the bust with a long, loose skirt, which skims the body. The outline is especially flattering to pear shapes wishing to disguise the stomach area or emphasise the bust. The shape of the dress also...

    , a style of women's fashion
  • Empire State
    Empire State
    The Empire State is the official nickname of the U.S. state New York. It may also refer to:*Empire State Building, skyscraper in New York City, one of the tallest buildings in the world*Empire State Plaza, state office complex in Albany, New York...

    , a nickname for New York State
  • Empire State Building
    Empire State Building
    The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived...

    , a skyscraper in New York City
    New York City
    New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

  • Empire style, a design movement
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