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<p>An <b>empire</b> is a realm controlled by a monarch or other official and divided between a <a href="page.php?w=hegemony">dominant</a> center and subordinate peripheries. The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the <a href="page.php?w=metropole">metropole</a>) has political control over the peripheries. Within an empire, different populations may have different sets of rights and may be governed differently. The word "empire" derives from the Roman concept of <i>[[Imperium]]</i>. Narrowly defined, an empire is a <a href="page.php?w=sovereign_state">sovereign state</a></p><p>
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