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French Empire?
[edit]Unless it's on there under a different name and I'm missing it, the modern French empire isn't on there (only ancient and medieval ones), that's major, should be addressed.
s just us Americans thinking we are better than every one else when we aint id rather live in Europe than here its a dump. Only historical and true empires should be listed not ones we wish existed.
Need Lydian Empire
[edit]Adding little flags
[edit]Adding little flags to Possible and informal empires.
Sumer and Rome
[edit]I noticed that the duration for Sumer also includes the period of time when it was basically a culture and collection of city states, not an Empire by any stretch. With Rome, its time is omitted from its early Kingdom and Republic days. This seems like a bit of a double standard does it not? The first 1500 years of Sumer's existence does not fall within what we would consider an empire. As well, should the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire not be merged into one submission for the list? I understand historians gave them a different name, however, the people still considered themselves Roman as they were, it very much is a continuation, not a different entity.
Spanish Empire start date?
[edit]wouldn’t 1415 be the start of The Spanish Empire because of the Conquest of the Canary Íslands? Snipercobra (talk) 01:00, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
Spanish Empire start date?
[edit]Wouldn’t the start of The Spanish Empire be 1415 with the Conquest of the Canary Íslands ? Snipercobra (talk) 01:10, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
- The generally understood beginning of the Spanish Empire as we know it is with the creation of their colonial empire and the beginning of their conquests of the New World. Cardandiris (talk) 15:05, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- add: Additionally, in 1415 the two crowns of Aragon and Castille were not yet in Union; and the majority of modern Spain was still divided into a small multitude of kingdoms. The Canary islands were conquered by Castille as its own body. Until the beginning of the personal union between the monarchs of Castille and Aragon in the late 1470's and therefore Spains de-facto unification one cannot consider actions prior to that marking a beginning of their Empire. Cardandiris (talk) 15:09, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for the reply 136.33.235.64 (talk) 00:20, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- add: Additionally, in 1415 the two crowns of Aragon and Castille were not yet in Union; and the majority of modern Spain was still divided into a small multitude of kingdoms. The Canary islands were conquered by Castille as its own body. Until the beginning of the personal union between the monarchs of Castille and Aragon in the late 1470's and therefore Spains de-facto unification one cannot consider actions prior to that marking a beginning of their Empire. Cardandiris (talk) 15:09, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
Marhasi
[edit]I am legitimately curious, why is Marhasi considered an empire? Just following the Akkadian-based timeline of empires, I was caught off-guard when I saw a polity that existed prior to the Sargonic example of Empire listed as an Empire. Cardandiris (talk) 15:04, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
Can someone help me?
[edit]I added The Tui Manu’a and í could not find any info on when it started. 136.33.235.64 (talk) 00:58, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
Congo free state?
[edit]How is The Congo Free State an Empire by any means? 136.33.235.64 (talk) 03:08, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
US Empire start date?
[edit]Í wouldn’t say that 1776 would be the start of the us as an Empire. Even after full independence, it was a loose confederation and barley centralized. Í would say the start would be around 1787 and 1790, where it was becoming more centralized and with the conquest of Appalachia. 136.33.235.64 (talk) 01:26, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Definition of Empire
[edit]I'm assuming the empires listed here have to be... Well, empires, right? Some entries seem to stretch the definition a bit; Cultures like the Goths and Lombards, the entirety of the Maya and Phoenician civilizations under single banners, etc. Some trimming might be needed for some of the entries, or at least splitting them into individual nations rather than the entire cultural groupings Sharklord1954 (talk) 07:48, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
What is an empire?
[edit]Please can a consensus be made on what an empire is, like a dozen people before me I implore some consensus to be made. Legendarycool (talk) 10:23, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think inclusion on this list should rest on "do reliable sources say X was an empire" if yes it's on the list if no not. An empire is a term that's generally applied to things on a case by case basis and not based on a set of criteria, I feel like coming up with criteria for what an empire is would verge on OR. DervotNum4 (talk) 22:16, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
- I would agree that coming up with our own criteria would be OR. However, at this point this page does not even match up with the "empires" template because people remove certain states if they do not explicitly have empire in the name despite academic consensus. Perhaps if they are not an empire in name (ex: Inca empire, British empire, etc.) and their main article does not refer to them as an empire somewhere (ex: Abbasid Caliphate, Qing dynasty, both of which was actually removed) they must be added only with citations. digiulio8 talk contribs 17:55, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- That would work. DervotNum4 (talk) 18:01, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- I would agree that coming up with our own criteria would be OR. However, at this point this page does not even match up with the "empires" template because people remove certain states if they do not explicitly have empire in the name despite academic consensus. Perhaps if they are not an empire in name (ex: Inca empire, British empire, etc.) and their main article does not refer to them as an empire somewhere (ex: Abbasid Caliphate, Qing dynasty, both of which was actually removed) they must be added only with citations. digiulio8 talk contribs 17:55, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
This list doesn't make any sense
[edit]Apparently puppet states with the word empire or an organization like the Hospitaller Knights are considered empires meanwhile Chinese dynasties that were very much empires are not included? This is why wikipedia is so unreliable, the editors' subjective biases affect the information shown. Like what are the islamic caliphates if not empires? but somehow the Empire of Vietnam is in the list. Please make it make sense 120.29.87.120 (talk) 14:52, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- Now that I think about it, maybe this wikipedia page should be removed entirely. 120.29.87.120 (talk) 14:54, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- Every entry should be supported by a citation saying that it's an empire. Binksternet (talk) 19:01, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- The Umayyad Caliphate's wikipedia page literally says empire as its status not to mention the Chinese dynasties have all the requirements of being an empire but are not listed here. Are you trying to suggest the wikipedia pages of those actual empires be edited first to include the word "empire"? Your rule doesn't make any sense. 120.29.87.120 (talk) 03:13, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
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