Empire (disambiguation)
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An empire is a group of states or peoples under centralized rule.
Empire may also refer to:
Books and comics
- Empire (Negri and Hardt book), a 2000 book about imperialism by Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt
- Empire (Vidal novel), a Narratives of Empire book by Gore Vidal
- Empire (Card novel), by Orson Scott Card
- Empire (Saylor novel), by Steven Saylor
- Empire (H. Beam Piper book), a short story collection
- Empire (comics), a comics miniseries
- Empire (graphic novel), by Samuel R. Delany and Howard Chaykin
- Empire Trilogy, a fantasy series by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
- Galactic Empire (series), a sci-fi series by Isaac Asimov
- Empire, a The Legend of Sigmar book by Graham McNeill
- Empire, a Galaxy novel by Clifford D. Simak
- Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, a book by Niall Ferguson
- Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British, a book by Jeremy Paxman
Periodicals
- Empire (film magazine), a British film magazine
- Empire (South African magazine)
- Empire (newspaper), an Australian newspaper
- Empire News, an 1884–1960 British newspaper
Film, television and theatre
- Empire (1962 TV series), a Western series
- Empire (1984 TV series), a sitcom
- Empire (2005 TV series), a historical drama
- Empire (2012 TV series), a documentary
- Empire (2015 TV series), a music industry drama
- Empire (1964 film), by Andy Warhol
- Empire (1986 film), by Alexander Sokurov
- Empire (2002 film), starring John Leguizamo
- Empire (Star Wars)
- "Empire" (Law & Order)
- The Empire (play), by DC Moore
Music
Groups
- Empire (band), a British-German metal band
- Alec Empire (born 1972), German musician
- Empires (band), an American rock group
- Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), an emo group
Albums
- Empire (Circle album), 2004, or the title song
- Empire (Frankie DeCarlos album), 2011
- Empire (Kasabian album), 2006
- Empire (Madball album), 2010, or the title song
- Empire (Queensrÿche album), 1990
- Empire (Super8 & Tab album), 2010
- Empire (EP), by The Word Alive
- Empires (Animosity album), 2005, or the title song
- Empires (VNV Nation album), 1999
- Empires, an album by Jimi Jamison
Songs
- "Empire" (Kasabian song), 2006
- "Empire" (Queensrÿche song), 1990
- "Empire" (Shakira song), 2014
- "Empires (Bring Me Men)", a 2002 song by Lamya on the album Learning from Falling
- "Empire", a song by August Burns Red on the album Leveler
- "Empire", a song by The Black Angels on the album Passover
- "Empire", a song by Bomb the Bass
- "Empire", a song by Boysetsfire on the album The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years
- "Empires", a song by Chicane on the album Easy to Assemble
- "Empire", a song by Chimaira on the album Resurrection
- "Empire", a song by Dar Williams on the album My Better Self
- "Empire", a song by David Byrne on the album Grown Backwards
- "Empire", a song by Fear Factory on the album Transgression
- "Empire", a song by Hybrid on the album Disappear Here
- "Empire", a song by In Strict Confidence on the album Face the Fear
- "Empire", a song by Mac on the album Shell Shocked
- "Empire", a song by Machinae Supremacy on the album Redeemer
- "Empire", a song by Pete Philly and Perquisite on the album Mystery Repeats
- "Empire", a song by Superheist on the album Identical Remote Controlled Reactions
- "Empire", a song by Trampled by Turtles on the album Duluth
- "Empires", a song by 10 Years on the album The Autumn Effect
- "Empires", a song by Snog
Gaming
Video and computer games
- Classic Empire, a 1977–2004 series of turn-based strategy games invented by Walter Bright
- Empire (online game), a 1992 MUD, or text-based online role-playing game
- Empire (PLATO), a 1973 space battle game for the PLATO system
- Empire!, a 1986 space trading and combat video game
- Empire Classic, a 1971–2003 series of wargames also called Civilization
- Empire: Total War, a 2009 strategy computer game
- Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, a 2003 computer game in the Empire Earth series
- Empire Interactive, a video game publisher
- Empires (video game), a 2003 mod for Half-Life 2
- Empire, a 1980s strategy game for the BBC Micro
- Empire or Empire: Alpha Complex, the working titles for the Xbox Live Arcade game Shadow Complex
- The Empire video game trilogy (I: World Builders, II: Interstellar Sharks, III: Armageddon), developed by David Mullich
Tabletop games
Places
In the United States:
- Empire, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama
- Empire, Arkansas
- Empire, California, in Stanislaus County
- Empire, Contra Costa County, California
- Empire, Mendocino County, California
- Empire, Colorado
- Empire, Georgia
- Empire, Kentucky
- Empire, Louisiana
- Empire, Michigan
- Empire, Nevada
- Empire, Ohio
- Empire, Oregon
- Empire, Wisconsin
- Empire, Wyoming
- Empire City, Oklahoma
- Empire Township, Michigan
Companies
- Empire Airlines, an American airline
- Empire Airlines (1976–1985), a defunct American airline
- Empires Airlines, an American airline that operated in the 1940s
- Empire Cinemas, 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 music hall theatres, originally including the above cinema and:
- Hackney Empire, London
- Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool, England
- O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
- Empire Company, a Canadian holding company
- Empire Theatres, 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 in 1990
- Empire Theatre (41st Street), a Broadway theatre that was prominent in the first half of the twentieth century
- Empire Today, an American home furnishing company
Other uses
- The British Empire, often referred to simply as Empire
- Empire (1901 automobile)
- Empire (1910 automobile)
- Empire (apple), a cultivar of apple
- Empire (biology), a taxonomic rank of organisms
- Empire Cricket Club, Barbados
- Empire Games, a sporting festival now known as the Commonwealth Games
- Empire High School, Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Empire ships, a ship prefix of many ships operated by the British Government
- Short Empire, a pre-WWII flying boat
- Empire silhouette, a style of women's fashion
- Empire State, a nickname for New York State
- Empire State Building, a skyscraper in New York City
- Empire style, a design movement
- Project EMPIRE, a design-study for a manned mission to Mars
See also
- Empire series (disambiguation)
- Imperium (disambiguation)