Empires

thumb|300px|right|Diachronic map of the different empires of the modern era, during their existence.

thumb|Ancient Greece under the hegemony of Thebes, 371–362 BC

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thumb|Ancient Carthage from about 323 BCE, an example of a thalassocracy.

US government policies aimed at extending American political, economic, and cultural control

type of trading post

overseas possessions of a nation-state, usually a product of the European Age of Exploration

Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires from the 16th to 18th centuries

non-sedentary polity

political concept

imperialism

phrase describing a large empire

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social or government structure which maintains power and control through exclusive control over access to water

Tellurocracy (from and ) is a concept proposed by Aleksandr Dugin to describe a type of civilization or state system that is defined by the development of land territories and consistent penetration into inland territories. Tellurocratic states possess a set state-territory in which the state-forming ethnic majority lives, around this territory further land expansion occurs. Tellurocracy is conceived of as an antonym to thalassocracy.

spheres of influence of an empire arising without formal annexation

idea that empires can control territory beyond what can be feasibly controlled militarily

imperial dynasty of China ruled by a non-Han ethnicity

territorial expansion which took place during multiple periods of Chinese history, especially under the dynasties of Han, Tang, Yuan, Qing & PRC