(historical) The empire ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty 550 BCE to 330 BCE

Empire of China

(fashion) A waistline on a woman's dress that is located immediately below the bust

The United States of America together with its allies, viewed as having the qualities characteristic of an empire.

An empire of the Mongols and Turkic peoples which existed in Asia from 1206 to 1368 and became the largest contiguous land empire in human history, stretching from Central Europe east to the Sea of Japan and from Siberia south to the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.

(fashion) Having an empire waist.

(historical) A Songhai state that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Any of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, which all had considerable military success using then-innovative firearms, especially cannon and small arms.

plural of gunpowder empire

A Persianate empire centered in North India from 1526 to 1857. Succeeded by the British East India Company.