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Places

Past imperial countries

• Imperial China
  Imperial China
  
  Imperial China may refer to:* The History of China#Imperial era , article which gives a summary of the Imperial dynasties or empires from the Qin Dynasty until the end of the Qing Dynasty, and can be divided into three major periods:...
  
• Imperial Russia
• Imperial Germany
• Imperial Austria
• Imperial Japan
• Athenian Empire
• Austro-Hungarian Empire
• British Empire
  British Empire
  
  The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
  
• British Raj
  British Raj
  
  British Raj primarily refers to the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; it can also refer to the period of dominion, and even the region under the rule....
  
• Byzantine Empire
  Byzantine Empire
  
  Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
  
• Dutch Empire
  Dutch Empire
  
  The Dutch Empire consisted of the overseas territories controlled by the Netherlands from the 17th to the 20th century. The Dutch followed Portuguese Empire and Spanish Empire in establishing an overseas colonial empire, aided by their skills in shipping and trade and the surge of nationalism accompanying the struggle for independence from S...
  
• Egyptian Empire
• French Empire
  French Empire
  
  The term French Empire can refer to:* The First French Empire of Napoleon I and II * The Second French Empire of Napoleon III * The French colonial empire of the 17th to 20th centuries...
  
• Holy Roman Empire
  Holy Roman Empire
  
  The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
  
• Korean Empire
  Korean Empire
  
  The Greater Korean Empire was a former empire of Korea that succeded the Joseon Dynasty that ruled the nation over the past 500 years.In 1897, Emperor Gojong of Korea proclaimed the new entity at Deoksugung Palace and oversaw the partially successful modernization of the military, economy, real property laws, education system, and various...
  
• Mexican Empire
  Mexican Empire
  
  The Mexican Empire was the name of Mexico on two non-consecutive occasions in the 19th century when it was ruled by an Emperor....
  
• Mongol Empire
  Mongol Empire
  
  The Mongol Empire was the List of largest empires#Contiguous Empires empire and the largest bar none. It emerged from the unification of Mongols and Turkic peoples tribes in modern day Mongolia, and grew through Mongol invasions, after Genghis Khan had been proclaimed ruler of all Mongols in 1206....
  
• Ottoman Empire
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
  
• Persian Empire
  Persian Empire
  
  The 'Persian Empire' was a series of successive Iranian or Persianization empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland, and beyond in Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus....
  
• Portuguese Empire
  Portuguese Empire
  
  The Portuguese Empire was the first global empire in history and also the earliest and longest lived of the modern European Colonialism empires, spanning almost six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to the handover of Macau in 1999....
  
• Roman Empire
  Roman Empire
  
  The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
  
• Spanish Empire
  Spanish Empire
  
  The Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires in world history, and one of the first global empires. It included territories and colonies ruled by Spain in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania between the 15th and late 19th centuries....
  

In Canada

• Imperial, Saskatchewan
  Imperial, Saskatchewan
  
  Imperial is a town in the Canada province of Saskatchewan....
  

In the United States

• Imperial, California
  Imperial, California
  
  Imperial is a city in Imperial County, California. As of the 2006 census, the city had a population of 11,754. It is part of the 'El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area'....
  
• Imperial, Missouri
  Imperial, Missouri
  
  Imperial is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Missouri, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,373 at the 2000 census. It was originally known as West Kimmswick, Missouri, and is roughly 25 driving minutes south of St....
  
• Imperial, Nebraska
  Imperial, Nebraska
  
  Imperial is a city in Chase County, Nebraska, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,982 at the 2000 United States Census. It is the county seat of Chase County, Nebraska....
  
• Imperial, Pennsylvania
• Imperial County, California
  Imperial County, California
  
  Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley , in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, bordering both Arizona and Mexico....
  
• Imperial Valley (California)

Buildings

• Imperial Theater (disambiguation)
  Imperial Theater (disambiguation)
  
  Imperial Theatre can refer to several theatres:* Imperial Theater, New York* Imperial Garden Theater in Tokyo, Japan* Imperial Theatre, London...
  
• Imperial Palace
  Imperial Palace
  
  Imperial Palace may refer to:Institutions*Kaiserpfalz in the Holy Roman EmpirePlaces:*Forbidden City, Beijing, China*Tokyo Imperial Palace , Tokyo, Japan...
  , the name of several buildings
• Hotel Imperial
  Hotel Imperial
  
  The Hotel Imperial is a star luxury hotel in Vienna, Austria. It is located at the Ringstra?e.The building was designed by architect Arnold Zenetti and built under the direction of Heinrich Adam in 1863....
  , Vienna, Austria
• The Imperial
  The Imperial
  
  The Imperial is a pair of residential towers under construction in Mumbai that are set to jointly be one of the tallest skyscrapers in India upon completion....
  , a pair of residential towers under construction in Bombay

Organizations

• Imperial Hotel
  Imperial Hotel
  
  Imperial Hotel, Ltd. is a company that operates hotels in Japan. Its flagship hotel, the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo , and its headquarters are located in the Chiyoda, Tokyo of Tokyo, near the Kokyo, Hibiya Park, and Ginza....
  , a Japanese company
• Imperial Oil
  Imperial Oil
  
  Imperial Oil Limited is Canada's largest petroleum company. The company is engaged in the exploration, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas....
  , a Canadian company
• Imperial College London
  Imperial College London
  
  Imperial College London is a United Kingdom university in London that focuses primarily on science, engineering, medicine and business.Imperial is regularly placed in the top three in the Times National University League Table along with Oxford and Cambridge....
  
• Imperial Party, UK
• Imperial Productions
  Imperial Productions
  
  Imperial Productions is a theatre company based in London, England. It was founded in 1979 by members of the Operatic Society of Imperial College Union, from which it remains completely independent....
  , a London theatre company

Standards and types

• Imperial unit
  Imperial unit
  
  Imperial units or the imperial system is a system of units, first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, later refined and reduced....
  , used in the Commonwealth of Nations countries
• Imperial staircase
  Imperial staircase
  
  An Imperial staircase is the name given to a Stairway with divided flights. Usually the first stairway rises to a Mezzanine and then divides into two symmetrical flights both rising with an equal number of steps and turns to the next floor....
  
• Imperial Examination
  Imperial examination
  
  The Imperial examinations in Imperial China determined who among the population would be permitted to enter the state's bureaucracy. The Imperial Examination System in China lasted for 1300 years, from its founding during the Sui Dynasty in 605 to its abolition near the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1905....
  , the Civil Service examination for the Empire of China
• Imperial purple, see: Tyrian purple
  Tyrian purple
  
  Tyrian purple , also known as royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a purple-red dye which was first produced by the ancient Phoenicians in the city of Tyre, Lebanon....
  
• Imperial, traditional inch-based paper size
  Paper size
  
  There have been many standard sizes of paper at different times and in different countries, but today there are two widespread systems in use: the international standard and the North American sizes....
  , 22 x 30 inches

Things

• Boosey & Hawkes Imperial, family of musical instruments
• Imperial International
  Imperial International
  
  Imperial International is a supplier of billiards tables and other products related to billiards. According to their website, they stock over 10,000 items between billiard tables and accessories....
  , a billiards product supplier.
• Imperial (automobile)
  Imperial (automobile)
  
  Imperial was the Chrysler Corporation's prestige automobile brand between 1955 and 1975, with a brief reappearance in 1981 through 1983.The Chrysler Imperial had been the company's most luxurious model, and in 1955 when the company decided to introduce a separate luxury brand, Imperial was the natural choice for the nameplate of the ne...
  , Chrysler Corporation's former luxury brand
• Imperial Automobile Company
  Imperial Automobile Company
  
  The Imperial Automobile Company was formed by the brothers T.A. and George N. Campbell in 1908, who also ran the Jackson Carriage Company. Imperial produced mid-size cars with straight-4 engines; the bodywork and mechanicals were primarily off-the-shelf rather than bespoke....
  , US automaker 1908-1916
• Imperial (board game)
  Imperial (board game)
  
  Imperial is a German-style board game designed by Mac Gerdts in which the object is to accumulate wealth in the form of bond holdings in successful countries and cash....
  , German-style board game by Mac Gerdts
• Chrysler Imperial
  Chrysler Imperial
  
  The Chrysler Imperial, introduced in 1926, was the company's top of the range vehicle for much of its history. Models were produced with the Chrysler name until 1954, and again from 1990 to 1993....
  , Chrysler's luxury car model
• Imperial (car)
  Imperial (car)
  
  Imperial was the name used for three separate makes of British car....
  , three separate British makes of car
• Imperial, a luggage case for the top of a Coach (carriage)
  Coach (carriage)
  
  A coach was originally a large, usually closed, four-wheeled carriage with two or more horses harnessed as a team, controlled by a coachman and/or one or more postilions....
  
• Imperial, the top, roof or second-storey compartment of a Coach (carriage)
  Coach (carriage)
  
  A coach was originally a large, usually closed, four-wheeled carriage with two or more horses harnessed as a team, controlled by a coachman and/or one or more postilions....
   or carriage
  Carriage
  
  A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn. It is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods....
  , especially a diligence (vehicle)
• Imperial Margarine
  Imperial Margarine
  
  Imperial is a brand of margarine distributed by Unilever. It is known for early commercials in which a person who recently ate something with the margarine would have a Crown appear on their head ....
  
• Imperial (beer)
  Imperial (beer)
  
  Imperial Imperial is a Costa Rican brand of beer, manufactured by the Florida Ice & Farm Company. Imperial was first produced by the Ortega brewery in 1924, and is now produced in the Cerveceria Costa Rica....
  
• Imperial Records
  Imperial Records
  
  Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 in music by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 in music by label owner EMI....
  
• Mint Imperial, candy
• Imperial Bosendorfer (piano)
  Imperial Bosendorfer (piano)
  
  The Imperial Bosendorfer is the largest model of pianos that Bosendorfer manufactures at 290 centimeters long....
  
• Imperial, a style of Moustache
  Moustache
  
  A moustache is facial hair grown on the upper lip. Often the term implies that the wearer grows only upper-lip hair while shaving the hair on his chin and cheeks....
  

Animals and plants

• Imperial butterflies, see: Cheritrini
  Cheritrini
  
  The Cheritrini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Several of the species are called imperials. As not all Theclinae have been assigned to tribes, the genus list is preliminary....
  
• Eastern Imperial Eagle
  Eastern Imperial Eagle
  
  The Imperial Eagle, Aquila heliaca, is very similar to the Golden Eagle, although slightly smaller . Like all eagles, A. heliaca belongs to the bird of prey family Accipitridae....
  
• Spanish Imperial Eagle
  Spanish Imperial Eagle
  
  The Spanish Imperial Eagle, Iberian Imperial Eagle or Adalbert's Eagle is closely related to the Eastern Imperial Eagle . It occurs only in the south and west of Spain, Portugal and possibly northern Morocco....
  
• Crown Imperial (flowering plant)

Imported Beer

Other

• Imperials (gospel music), vocal group
• Little Anthony and the Imperials, American doo-wop vocal group
• Imperial Presidency
  Imperial Presidency
  
  Imperial Presidency is a term that became popular in the 1960s and that served as the title of a 1973 volume by historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr....
  , describes the presidency of the United States
• Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
  Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
  
  The Galactic Empire is one of the main factions in the Star Wars fictional universe. It is a tyranny, Star Wars galaxy-spanning regime established by the series' lead villain, Palpatine, to replace the Galactic Republic in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith....
  
• Imperial Remnant, Star Wars
• Imperial Dalek
  Dalek variants
  
  Since their first appearance in 1963 there have been a number of variant models of the Daleks, a fictional extraterrestrial life race in the long-running BBC science fiction on television programme Doctor Who....
  , Doctor who
• Imperial (Elder Scrolls), a fictional race in The Elder Scrolls series of video games
• Imperial, a card game similar to Piquet
  Piquet
  
  Piquet is a trick-taking card game for two players. Pronounced "pee-kay" in France, it is usually pronounced "picket" in English speaking countries....
  
• Alf's Imperial Army
  Alf's Imperial Army
  
  Founded in 1972 , Alf's Imperial Army is New Zealand's longest-running and largest pacifist warfare organisation. Organised loosely on military lines, it has Regiments in several New Zealand towns and cities....
  , an organization in New Zealand
• Imperial, a megacorporation in Mutant Chronicles
  Mutant Chronicles
  
  Mutant Chronicles is a pen-and-paper role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world, originally published in 1993. It has spawned a franchise of card games, miniature wargames, video games, novels, comic books, and The Mutant Chronicles....
  .