WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -empire. / (ˈɛmpaɪə) / noun. an aggregate of peoples and territories, often of great extent, under the rule of a single person, oligarchy, or sovereign state. any monarchy that for reasons of history, prestige, etc, has an emperor rather than a king as head of state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout history countries have wanted to control lands beyond their borders. The word imperialism refers to the practice of a country’s extending its political power, especially through the acquisition of conquered territory. Such a country and the lands it controls are called an empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -empire, major political unit in which the metropolis, or single sovereign authority, exercises control over territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples through formal annexations or various forms of informal domination.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are two main types of empires: territorial empires and hegemonic empires.

Detailed explanation-5: -An empire is a group of separate, but related states that are ruled by a single country. A kingdom is what we might more commonly call a country, or nation-state. Empire refers to the system where one power has control over many separate kingdoms (parts) which are all part of the empire.

Detailed explanation-6: -A colonial empire is a collective of territories (often called colonies), either contiguous with the imperial center or located overseas, settled by the population of a certain state and governed by that state.