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Empire (other)
An empire is a group of states or peoples under centralized rule. Empire may also refer to: Buildings * Empire (skyscraper), formerly the Imperia Tower, a complex in Moscow, Russia * Empire, Colombo, a residential complex in Sri Lanka * Empire State Building, a skyscraper in New York City Places in the United States * Empire, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama * Empire, Arkansas * Empire, California, in Stanislaus County * Empire, Colorado * Empire, Georgia * Empire, Kentucky * Empire, Louisiana * Empire, Michigan * Empire, Missouri * Empire, Nevada ** Empire, Ormsby County, Nevada * Empire, Ohio * Empire, Oregon * Empire, Wisconsin * Empire, Wyoming Arts, entertainment, and media Comics and graphic novels * ''Empire'' (comics), a 2000 DC Comics miniseries * ''Empire'' (graphic novel), by Samuel R. Delany and Howard Chaykin * '' Empyre'', a 2020 Marvel Comics miniseries Films * ''Empire'' (1965 film), by Andy Warhol * ''Empire'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire
An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) has political control over the peripheries. Within an empire, different populations may have different sets of rights and may be governed differently. The word "empire" derives from the Roman concept of . Narrowly defined, an empire is a sovereign state whose head of state uses the title of "emperor" or Empress-regnant, "empress"; but not all states with aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities are called "empires" or are ruled by an emperor; nor have all self-described empires been accepted as such by contemporaries and historians (the Central African Empire of 1976 to 1979, and some Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in early England being examples). There have been "ancient and modern, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire, Wisconsin
Empire is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,620 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 29.1 square miles (75.5 km), of which, 29.0 square miles (75.2 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km) of it (0.45%) is water. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 2,620 people, 910 households, and 786 families living in the town. The population density was 90.3 people per square mile (34.9/km). There were 944 housing units at an average density of 32.5 per square mile (12.6/km). The racial makeup of the town was 98.13% White, 0.27% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.11% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.99%. Of the 910 households 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.3% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wargame Of The Century
A normal wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a simulation of an armed conflict. Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to study the nature of potential conflicts. Many wargames re-create specific historic battles, and can cover either whole wars, or any campaigns, battles, or lower-level engagements within them. Many simulate land combat, but there are wargames for naval, air combat, and cyber conflicts, as well as many that combine various domains. There is ambiguity as to whether or not activities where participants physically perform mock combat actions (e.g. friendly warships firing dummy rounds at each other) are considered wargames. It is common terminology for a military's field training exercises to be referred to as "live wargames", but certain institutions such as the US Navy do not accept this.''War Gamer's Handbook'' (US Naval War College), p. 4: " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (1977 Video Game)
''Empire'' is a 1977 turn-based wargame with simple rules. The game was conceived by Walter Bright starting in 1971, based on various war films and board games, notably ''Battle of Britain'' and ''Risk''. The game was ported to many platforms in the 1970s and 1980s. Several commercial versions were also released such as '' Empire: Wargame of the Century'', often adding basic graphics to the originally text-based user interface. Gameplay At the start of a new game, a random game map is generated on a square grid basis. The map normally consists of numerous islands, although a variety of algorithms were used in different versions of the game, producing different styles of maps. Randomly distributed on the land are a number of cities. The players start the game controlling one of these cities each. The area immediately around the city is visible, but the rest of the world map is blacked out in a fog of war. The city can be set to build armies, aircraft, and various types of ships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (1972 Video Game)
''Empire'' is a 4X computer wargame created in 1972 by Peter Langston, taking its name from a Reed College board game of the same name. It was initially created by Langston in BASIC on an HP2000 minicomputer at Evergreen State College. When the host computer was retired, the source code to the game was lost. Subsequently, two other authors each independently wrote a new version of the game, both named ''Empire''. In the decades since, numerous other versions of ''Empire'' have been developed for a wide variety of platforms. The game is turn-based, with players giving orders at their convenience, and in some versions then executed simultaneously by the game server at set intervals ranging from a few hours to once per day. The game world consists of "sectors", which may be designated as agricultural, industrial, etc. There are dozens of unit types requiring a variety of raw and manufactured materials for their creation. "Blitz" games may last a few hours, typical games a few mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Empire Strikes Back
''The Empire Strikes Back'' (also known as ''Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back'') is a 1980 American epic film, epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas. The sequel to ''Star Wars (film), Star Wars'' (1977), it is the second film in the ''Star Wars'' film series and the fifth chronological chapter of the "Skywalker Saga". Set three years after the events of ''Star Wars'', the film recounts the battle between the malevolent Galactic Empire (Star Wars), Galactic Empire, led by the Palpatine, Emperor, and the Rebel Alliance, led by Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. As the Empire goes on the offensive, Luke trains to master the Force so he can confront the Emperor's powerful disciple, Darth Vader. The ensemble cast includes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker (English actor), Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Empire (film)
''The Empire'' () is a 2024 apocalyptic science fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. It is a parody of the ''Star Wars'' franchise and Hollywood blockbusters in general, set in Dumont's home region of northern France. The international co-production between France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and Portugal premiered on 18 February 2024 at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Jury Prize. It was theatrically released in France on 21 February 2024. Premise "Two opposing forces from the depths of outer space unleash an apocalyptic conflict on Northern France's picturesque Côte d'Opale." Cast * Lyna Khoudri as Line * Anamaria Vartolomei as Jane * Camille Cottin as The Queen * Fabrice Luchini as Belzébuth * Brandon Vlieghe as Jony * Julien Manier as Rudy * Bernard Pruvost as Van der Weyden * Philippe Jore as Carpentier Production Development and casting In January 2022, Bruno Dumont was announced to be preparing a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (2023 Film)
''Empire'' () is a 2023 absurdist period drama film directed by Frederikke Aspöck from a screenplay by Anna Neye. It stars Neye and Sara Fanta Traore. The film had its world premiere on 29 January 2023 at the 2023 Gothenburg Film Festival. It won the 2023 Nordic Council Film Prize. Premise In the Danish West Indies in 1848, Anna Elizabeth Heegaard, a wealthy "free colored" woman, maintains a close friendship with Petrine, her housekeeper who is enslaved. Meanwhile, rumors of a slave rebellion begin to circulate. Cast *Anna Neye as Anna Elizabeth Heegaard *Sara Fanta Traore as Petrine *Claus Riis Østergaardaas Peter von Scholten *Jesper Groth as Admiral Carl Irmingerda Production The idea of the film was conceived during Neye's trip to Saint Croix in 2015, where she filmed a documentary about the history of black Danes. In January 2021, the project received €144,700 funding from the Nordisk Film & TV Fond. The principal photography took place in Canary Islands in May and Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (2002 Film)
''Empire'' is a 2002 American gangster film written and directed by Franc. Reyes. It stars John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Sônia Braga, Isabella Rossellini, Fat Joe, and Treach. The film premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and was given a theatrical release on December 6, 2002. Plot Victor "Vic" Rosa is a drug dealer in New York City who sells a specific brand of heroin called "Empire". His territory is located in the South Bronx, where he and his other rivals, Hector ("Exorcist"), Tito ("Severe"), and Negro ("Dancing Queen") all maintain an uneasy truce because they all purchase their drugs from the same supplier, drug lord Joanna "La Colombiana" Menendez. Victor's girlfriend Carmen invites him to a chic white-collar party being thrown by her friend Trish and her boyfriend Jack Wimmer, an investment banker. He then asks for and is given permission by La Colombiana's younger brother Rafael to assassinate local kingpin Tito. A shootout occurs, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (1986 Film)
''Empire'' (, translit. ''Ampir''; from ) is a short film directed by Alexander Sokurov, released in 1986. The movie is based on a play by Lucille Fletcher. Plot "She" is an elegant, refined older woman and former ballerina, now wheelchair-bound due to paralysis. She has a keen taste for fashion magazines and smokes frequently. The story begins as she wakes up in her doll-like bed in an apartment near a railway bridge. She calls her husband, but when the operator connects the line, instead of her husband’s voice, she overhears a chilling conversation. The voices discuss plans to kill a helpless disabled woman who lives by the bridge and has become a burden to her husband. Shocked and horrified, she tries to alert both the operator and the police about the impending murder, but no one takes her seriously. Gradually, she realizes with growing dread that the conversation was about her: she is the disabled woman by the bridge, a perceived burden to her husband. By the time thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (1965 Film)
''Empire'' is a 1965 American underground film by Andy Warhol. When projected according to Warhol's specifications, it consists of eight hours and five minutes of slow motion black-and-white footage of an unchanging view of New York City's Empire State Building. The silent film does not have conventional narrative or characters, and largely reduces the experience of cinema to the passing of time. Warhol stated that the purpose of the film was "to see time go by." A week after the film was shot, experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas (who was cinematographer for ''Empire'') speculated in the ''Village Voice'' that Warhol's film would have a profound influence on avant-garde cinema. In 2004, ''Empire'' was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, who deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Synopsis ''Empire'' was filmed at 24 frames per second, and is meant to be seen in slow mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empyre
"Empyre" is a comic book story arc published in July 2020 by Marvel Comics. This storyline follows the events of ''Incoming!'' with the genre of superhero crossover. Premise The Avengers, the Fantastic Four and various other heroes of the Marvel universe come together to fight and prevent the incoming invasion of the Kree/Skrull armada being led by Hulkling, who has been crowned as "Dorrek VIII". Editorial history The first comic of the story arc, ''Road to Empyre: The Kree–Skrull War'', was announced in December 2019. The comic ''Road to Empyre'' was set for release in March 2020, but; it incorporated references to previous Marvel narratives, ''Kree–Skrull War'' and ''The Celestial Madonna'' from the 1970s, and the 2019 comic ''Meet the Skrulls''. It had previously been set up in the '' Incoming!'' comic as well. Plot Lead-up Teddy Altman is offered to become the ruler of the Kree-Skrull Alliance, at the cost of leaving his longtime lover Billy Kaplan. He adopts the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
