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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'' (1986 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) exercises political control over the peripheries. Within an empire, there is non-equivalence between different populations who have different sets of rights and are governed differently. Narrowly defined, an empire is a sovereign state whose head of state is an emperor; but not all states with aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities are called empires or ruled by an emperor; nor have all self-described empires been accepted as such by contemporaries and historians (the Central African Empire, and some Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in early England being examples). There have been "ancient and modern, centralized and decentralized, ultra-brutal and relatively benign" Empires. An important distinction has been between land empires mad ... [...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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Acorn Electron Games
Following is a list of Acorn Electron games, with original publishers. __NOTOC__ 0–9 *'' 3D Bomb Alley'' (Software Invasion) *'' 3D Dotty'' (Blue Ribbon) *''3D Maze'' (IJK) *''3D Tankzone'' (Dynabyte) *''737 Flight Simulator'' (Salamander) *''747'' (Doctorsoft) *''747 Flight Simulator'' (DACC Limited) *''767 Advanced Flight Simulator'' (Flightdeck) A *''Abyss'' ( Cases) *''Aces High'' (Oasis) *'' Acheton'' ( Topologika) *''Adventure'' (Micro Power) *'' Adventureland'' (Adventure International) *''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai'' (Adventure International) *''Adventurous English'' (Highlight) *''Airline'' ( Cases) *''Alien Break In'' (Romik) *''Alien Dropout'' (Superior Software) *''Alphatron'' (Tynesoft) *''Anarchy Zone'' (Atlantis) *''Arcade Soccer'' ( 4th Dimension) *'' Arcadians'' ( Acornsoft) *''Arena 3000'' (Microdeal) *''Arrow of Death part 1'' (Adventure Soft) *''Arrow of Death part 2'' (Adventure Soft) *''Astro Plumber'' (Blue Ribbon) *''Atom Smasher'' (Romik) *''Auf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (PLATO)
''Empire'' is the name of a computer game written for the PLATO system in 1973. It is significant for being quite probably the first networked multiplayer arena shooter-style game. It may also be the first networked multiplayer action game (although ''Maze War'' is another possibility for this distinction). Gameplay Although PLATO terminals had touch panels, they did not have mice, and all control in the game is via typing. Commands involving directions to change course and fire weapons are entered as degree headings, with 0 being to the right, 90 up, 180 left, and 270 down. The "arrow" keys, clustered around "s", could also be used (e.g. "qw" being the same as 113 degrees). PLATO terminals had 512 by 512 pixel monochrome vector CRT display screens, and could use downloadable character sets to display graphics. The object of the game is to conquer the galaxy. This galaxy contains 25 planets and 4 races. The races were the Federation, Romulans, Orions, and (originally) Klingon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wargame Of The Century
A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a realistic 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 recreate 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 and air combat as well. Generally, activities where the participants actually perform mock combat actions (e.g. friendly warships firing dummy rounds at each other) are not considered wargames. Some writers may refer to a military's field training exercises 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: "The .S. Naval War College's War Gaming Departmentuses the Perla (1990) definition, which describes w ... [...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 movies 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, often adding basic graphics to the originally text-based user interface. The basic gameplay is strongly reminiscent of several later games, notably ''Civilization'', which was partly inspired by ''Empire''. 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. ... [...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 Princess Leia. Luke Skywalker trains to master the Force so he can confront the powerful Sith lord, 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 Mayhew, and Frank Oz. Following the success of ''Star Wars' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (2002 Film)
''Empire'' is a 2002 American gangster film starring John Leguizamo and Peter Sarsgaard. Plot Victor "Vic" Rosa (Leguizamo) 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 (Isabella Rossellini). Victor's girlfriend Carmen (Delilah Cotto) invites him to a chic white collar party being thrown by her friend Trish (Denise Richards) and her boyfriend Jack Wimmer (Sarsgaard), an investment banker. He then asks for and is given permission by La Colombiana's younger brother Rafael to assassinate local kingpin Tito (Fat Joe). A shootout occurs, which results in Tito and his young son being killed. With a baby on the way, Vic decides to go straight, and begins to invest money with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (1986 Film)
''Empire'' (russian: Ампир, translit. ''Ampir''; from french: empire) is a short film directed by Alexander Sokurov, released in 1986. The movie is based on a play by Lucille Fletcher. Background ''Empire'' was inspired by Lucille Fletcher's radio drama ''Sorry, Wrong Number''. For the film, Sokurov, as often, selected a single motif from the work of inspiration – in this case, it was the sickness of a woman. It was produced as the graduation work of S. Sidorov from the VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat .... At that time Sokurov was not allowed to work on his own films, and saw this as an opportunity to continue work in the field. References External links * *Sokurov's website 1986 films Lenfilm films Films directed by Alexander Sokurov Sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (1965 Film)
''Empire'' is a 1965 American black-and-white silent art film by Andy Warhol. When projected according to Warhol's specifications, it consists of eight hours and five minutes of slow motion footage of an unchanging view of New York City's Empire State Building. The 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 motion at 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empyre
"Empyre" is a 2020 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. This storyline follows the events of ''Incoming!''. It was published in July of 2020. 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. It was to be published in March 2020 and included references to older Marvel stories, ''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 made a mysterious offer at the cost of leaving Billy Kaplan. He accepts the offer which was to become the new ruler of the Kree–Skrull Alliance, adopting the mantle of "Dorrek VIII, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
