Empire

A group of states or nations ruled by one powerful government



Word Structure

EM-pahy-er

Sentence Examples

The Roman Empire ruled millions of people.

The Persian Empire had a strong army.

The Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottoman Empire.

Semantic Relatives

conquer

emperor

imperialism

government

rule superpower

Morphological Relatives

imperial

imperialism

emperor

empress



Textbook

Explore World History Chapter 2 by Attainment

Deeper Dive

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