Empire (disambiguation)

An empire is a group of states or peoples under the control of a centralized ruling authority.

Empire or empires may also refer to:

Books and comics

• Empire (book), by post-Marxist philosophers Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt
• Empire, a history of the British Empire by Niall Ferguson
• Empire (1987 novel), a book in the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal
• The Empire duet, a series of two novels by Orson Scott Card
  • Empire (2006 novel), the first in the above duet
• Empire Trilogy, a fantasy series by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
• Empire (2010 book), a historical novel by Steven Saylor
• Galactic Empire series, a sci-fi series by Isaac Asimov, also called the Empire series or trilogy
• Empire (comics), a comics miniseries

Periodicals

• Empire (film magazine), a British film magazine
• Empire News, a former British newspaper, briefly known as Empire
• Empire (South African magazine)
• The Empire (newspaper), owned by Henry Parkes

Film, television and theatre

• Empire (1962 TV series)
• Empire (1984 TV series)
• Empire (2005 TV series)
• Empire (1964 film), by Andy Warhol
• Empire (1986 film), by Alexander Sokurov
• Empire (2002 film), starring John Leguizamo
• The Empire (play), by DC Moore
• Galactic Empire (Star Wars), a faction in the Star Wars universe

Music

• Alec Empire, German musician
• Empires (band), a rock band from Chicago
• Empire (Circle album) or its title track
• Empire (Kasabian album)
  • "Empire" (Kasabian song), title track of the above album
• Empire (Madball album) or its title track
• Empire (Queensrÿche album)
  • "Empire" (Queensrÿche song), title track of the above album
• Empire (EP), by The Word Alive
• Empires (Animosity album) or its title track
• Empires, an album by Jimi Jamison or its title track
• Empires (VNV Nation album)
• "Empire", a song by Christian rock band As Cities Burn from their album Come Now, Sleep
• "Empire", a song by Christian metal band August Burns Red from their album Leveler
• "Empire", a song by Bill Madden from his album Child of the Same God
• "Empire", a song by psychedelic rock band The Black Angels from their album Passover
• "Empire", a song by Bomb the Bass, Benjamin Zephaniah and Sinéad O'Connor
• "Empire", a song by post-hardcore band Boysetsfire from their album The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years
• "Empire", a song by heavy metal band Chimaira from their album Resurrection
• "Empire", a song by Dar Williams from her album My Better Self
• "Empire", a song by David Byrne from his album Grown Backwards
• "Empire", a song by grindcore band Discordance Axis from their album Ulterior
• "Empire", a bonus song by industrial metal band Fear Factory from their album Transgression
• "Empire", a song by electro-industrial band In Strict Confidence from their album Face the Fear
• "Empire", a song by rock band Jack Frost from their album Snow Job
• "Empire", a song by American rapper Mac from his album Shell Shocked
• "Empire", a song by SID metal band Machinae Supremacy from the underground edition of their album Redeemer
• "Empire", a song by hip-hop duo Pete Philly and Perquisite from their album Mystery Repeats
• "Empire", a song by nu metal band Superheist from their album Identical Remote Controlled Reactions
• "Empire", a song by post-hardcore band Therefore I Am from their album You Are Connected
• "Empire", a song by bluegrass band Trampled by Turtles from their album Duluth
• "Empires", a song by alternative metal band 10 Years from their album The Autumn Effect
• "Empires", a song by electronic dance music act Chicane from a promotional version of their unreleased album Easy to Assemble
• "Empires", a song by The Snake the Cross the Crown
• "Empires", a song by techno band Snog from their album Dear Valued Customer
• "Empires", a song by instrumental rock band Sound Tribe Sector 9 from their album Peaceblaster
• "Empires (Bring Me Men)", a song by Lamya from her album Learning from Falling

Games

Sporting competitions

• Empire Games, a sporting festival now known as the Commonwealth Games.

Video and computer games

• Classic Empire (video game), a turn-based strategy game invented by Walter Bright
• Empire Classic (video game), a 1970s game also called Civilization
• Empire (PLATO), a 1973 space battle game for the PLATO system
• Empire (online game), a MUD, or text-based online role-playing game
• Empire, a 1980s strategy game for the BBC Micro
• Empire!, a 1986 space trading and combat video game
• Empire or Empire: Alpha Complex, the working titles for the Xbox Live Arcade game Shadow Complex
• Empire: Total War, a 2009 strategy computer game
• Empires (video game), a mod for Half-Life 2
• Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, a computer game in the Empire Earth series
• The Empire video game trilogy (I: World Builders, II: Interstellar Sharks, III: Armageddon) developed by David Mullich
• Empire Interactive, a video game publisher

Tabletop games

• Empire (miniatures game)
• Empire (strategy game)
• The Empire (Warhammer)

Places

In the United States:

• Empire, California, in Stanislaus County
• Empire, Contra Costa County, California
• Empire, Mendocino County, California
• Empire, Colorado
• Empire, Louisiana
• Empire, Michigan
• Empire, Nevada
• Empire, Ohio
• Empire, Oregon
• Empire, Wisconsin
• Empire City, Oklahoma
• Empire Township, Michigan

Companies

• Empire Airlines, an American airline
• Empire Airlines (1976-1985), a defunct American airline
• Empires Airlines, an American airline that operated in the 1940s
• Empire Cinemas, a British cinema chain, or any of its theatres
  • Empire, Leicester Square, a central London cinema owned by Empire Cinemas
• Any of a number of former Moss Empires music hall theatres, originally including the above cinema and:
  • Hackney Empire
  • Liverpool Empire Theatre
  • O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
• Empire Company, a Canadian holding company
  • Empire Theatres, the second-largest movie theatre chain in Canada and subsidiary of the above company
• Empire Industries, defunct subsidiary toy company of Empire of Carolina that bought Buddy L in 1990
• Empire Today, an American home furnishing company

Other uses

• Empire (1901 automobile)
• Empire (1910 automobile)
• Empire (apple), a cultivar of apple
• Empire (biology), a taxonomic rank of organisms
• Empire Cricket Club, Barbados
• Empire High School, Tucson, Arizona, USA
• Empire ships, a ship prefix of many ships operated by the British Government
• Short Empire, a pre-WWII flying boat
• Empire silhouette, a style of women's fashion
• Empire State, a nickname for New York State
• Empire State Building, a skyscraper in New York City
• Empire style, a design movement