dú bà
lit. sole hegemony
to monopolize
domination (of the market)
personal empire
Dà Qín
Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國|罗马帝国[Luo2 ma3 Di4 guo2]
Tiān cháo
Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Luó mǎ Dì guó
Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
Bài zhàn tíng
Byzantium
Byzantine or Eastern Roman empire (395-1453)
tiān lù
auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail
possession of the empire
lù sǐ shéi shǒu
to whom the deer falls (idiom); the one to emerge victor (i.e. to seize the empire)
prize winner
champion
Dà Qīng dì guó
the (great) Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Qing empire
Shén shèng Luó mǎ dì guó
the Holy Roman empire (history)
Ào Xiōng dì guó
Austro-Hungarian empire 1867-1918
Tuō lè mì
Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成
see also 托勒玫[Tuo1 le4 mei2]
É luó sī Dì guó
Russian empire (1546-1917)
dōng Luó mǎ Dì guó
Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453)
lǐn
ancient name for east Roman empire
Dà Dōng Yà gòng róng quān
Great East Asia co-prosperity sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938
gù yè
old estate
former empire
former occupation
Ā bá sī wáng cháo
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
Dà hán dì guó
Korean empire, from fall of Joseon dynasty in 1897 to annexation by Japan in 1910
Sà shān wáng cháo
Sassanid empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
Wō mǎ yà wáng cháo
Umayyad empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
Ní Sì chōng
Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire
Lā sà tiáo yuē
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
Hā lǐ fā dì guó
Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)
Lí jiān
Han dynasty name for countries in far West
may refer to Silk Road states or Alexandria or the Roman empire
Tuō lè mì Wáng
Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
Sà lā sēn dì guó
Saracen empire (medieval European name for Arab empire)
Ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo
Achaemenid empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Sà sāng wáng cháo
Sassanid empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
Ào Xiōng Dì guó
Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867-1918
Sà lā sēn Dì guó
Saracen Empire (medieval European name for Arab empire)
Sà sāng Wáng cháo
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
Dà hán Dì guó
Korean Empire, from fall of Joseon dynasty in 1897 to annexation by Japan in 1910
Sà shān Wáng cháo
Sassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
Jiāo zhǐ
former southernmost province of the Chinese Empire, now northern Vietnam
Wō mǎ yà Wáng cháo
Umayyad Empire (661-750, in Iberia -1031), successor of the Rashidun caliphate
Jū lǔ shì Dà dì
Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-530 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire and the conqueror of Babylon
Hā lǐ fā Dì guó
Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德 in 632)
Shén shèng Luó mǎ Dì guó
the Holy Roman Empire (history)
Ā bá sī Wáng cháo
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
Dà Dōng yà Gòng róng quān
Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938
Lā sà Tiáo yuē
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
Dà Qīng Dì guó
the (great) Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Qing Empire