The Persian empire lasted from 559 BC to 331 BC, nearly 200 years. China's Han Dynasty. A Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled ...

As Avengers: Doomsday nears ever closer, now is a fantastic time to learn more about the complicated weave of intergalactic politics that comprise Marvel's cosmic stories. Together, these great ...

When we think of the great empires of history, the Romans tend to steal the show. Although their empire arguably has had the greatest worldwide cultural impact, it was by no means the largest ever ...

DAN BONGINO: Jesse, if you were doing a tutorial on what the collapse of great empires look like, just pick up your phone, start the video camera, because this is exactly what it looks like, and ...

Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him god-like status. ... 2,000 years on, we talk about Alexander but not Cyrus the Great, who founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BCE: racism.

The Spanish and the Aztecs don't know what to make of each other in Alvaro Enrigue's new novel, "You Dreamed of Empires." He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about getting into a 16th-century mindframe.

Brownstone Institute's Jeffrey Tucker said that unless the U.S. sees renewed appreciation, the decline in common values could mean "the end of the American empire." ...

Greatest empires in history that ruled over half the world; Largest ever is…. From the gigantic Persian empire, to the expansive British Empire, which dominated most of the world during the ...

The Spanish and the Aztecs don't know what to make of each other in Alvaro Enrigue's new novel, "You Dreamed of Empires." He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about getting into a 16th-century mindframe.