Empire (disambiguation)

Empire (disambiguation)

Politically, an empire consists of a large, usually multi-ethnic state.

Empire may also mean:

*Empire (biology), or domain, a taxon above the level of kingdom
*Empire style, an early-19th-century design movement in architecture, furniture, and other decorative and visual arts
*Empire silhouette, a style of women's fashion

Arts and culture

Print media

* Empire Series, a series of science-fiction novels by Isaac Asimov
* "Empire" (book), a 2000 Neo-Marxist book on geopolitics by Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt
* "Empire" (history), a 2003 revisionist history of the British Empire by Niall Ferguson
* "Empire" (1987 novel), a novel by Gore Vidal, part of his "Narratives of Empire" series
* "Empire" (2006 novel), a novel about a near-future American Civil War by Orson Scott Card
* "Empire Trilogy", a fantasy trilogy by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
* "The Empire" (newspaper) a former Australian newspaper owned by Sir Henry Parkes
* "Empire" (magazine), a UK film magazine
* "Empire" (SA magazine), a South African media, arts and culture magazine
* "Empire" (comics), a comics miniseries

Film

* "Empire" (1964 film), by Andy Warhol
* "Empire" (1986 film), by Alexander Sokurov
* "Empire of the Sun" (1987 film), by Steven Spielberg and starring Christian Bale
* "Empire Records" (1995 film), by Allan Moyle
* "Empire" (2002 film), starring John Leguizamo
* "Empire" (2005 miniseries), about the transition of the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire
* "" (or just "Empire" for short), a "Star Wars" film
* Galactic Empire (Star Wars), the enemies of the Rebel Alliance in "Star Wars"
* "Inland Empire" (film), a 2006 film by David Lynch

Music

* "Empire" (Kasabian album), the second album of the British band Kasabian
** "Empire" (song), the debut single from Kasabian's album of the same name
* "Empires" (Animosity album), an album by Animosity
* "Empires" (1999 album), an album by VNV Nation
* "Empires" (1999 album), an album by Jimi Jamison
* Empire (Queensrÿche album), an album by Queensrÿche
* Alec Empire (b. Alexander Wilke, 1972), a German electronic and rock musician.
* I-Empire an album by Angels & Airwaves

Computer and video games

* The "Empire Earth" series
* , a game considered part of the "Empire Earth" series
* "Classic Empire" (computer game), a simple turn-based military game written in 1977 by Walter Bright
* "Empire Classic" (computer game), a complicated turn-based military-economic game based on a game called "Civilization" (no relation to the Sid Meier game)
* Empire (PLATO), on the PLATO system, a live action team space battle game
* "World Empire"
* Empire Interactive, a video-game publisher
* The Empire, the enemy nation in the video game "Final Fantasy VI"
* "Empire!", a 1986 video game for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64
* "", a real time tactics computer game developed by Creative Assembly
* "", a downloadable XBLA and PSN game developed by Chair Entertainment
* "Empires", an FPS/RTS mod for Half-Life 2
* Empire: Alpha Complex, An upcoming PS3 Game

Tabletop games

* The Empire (Warhammer), a country in the "Warhammer Fantasy" setting
* Empire (miniatures game), a Napoleonic miniatures game
* Empire (strategy game), a turn-based game of industrial development and military conquest

Education

* Empire High School, a high school in Arizona that uses laptops instead of textbooks

Places in the United States

* Empire, California
* Empire, Colorado
* Empire, Louisiana
* Empire, Michigan
* Empire, Nevada
* Empire, Ohio
* Empire, Oregon, a district in Coos Bay
* Empire, Wisconsin
* Empire City, Oklahoma
* Empire Township, Michigan
* Inland Empire, one of several regions in the United States.
* The Empire State Building in New York City (named after New York State's nickname "The Empire State".)
* One of Georgia's nicknames is the "Empire State of the South".

Companies

* Empire Airlines, a charter and cargo airline in the United States
* Empire Company, a diversified company in Canada
* Empire Today, a furnishing/carpet company in the United States
* Empire Cinemas, a multiplex cinema chain in the United Kingdom

Other

* Empire, Leicester Square, a notable cinema in London, England
* Empire (1901 automobile), an American automobile
* Empire (1910 automobile), an American automobile
* Empire (apple), a variety of apple.
* "The Empire Builder", nickname of James J. Hill
** Empire Builder, train named for Hill


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