WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -An empire is an aggregate of many separate states or territories under a supreme ruler or oligarchy. This is in contrast to a federation, which is an extensive state voluntarily composed of autonomous states and peoples. An empire is a large polity which rules over territories outside of its original borders.

Detailed explanation-2: -A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, the rule remains separate to the original country of the colonizers, the metropolitan state (or “mother country"), within the shared imperialist administration.

Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest known empire was the Akkadian Empire. For around 1, 000 years, Mesopotamia was dominated by city-states-small political units, where a city controlled its surrounding area. In 2330 BCE, Sargon of Akkad took control of southern Mesopotamia.

Detailed explanation-4: -A political entity ruled by an emperor is an empire. A succession of kings from the same family or bloodline is referred to as a “dynasty.”