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Empires

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Divinity Atlas. "Empires." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/polity/empires.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Empires. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/polity/empires

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-empires,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Empires},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/polity/empires},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Large multi ethnic polities that exercised or claimed rule over other states or peoples, many with an official or favoured religion that shaped policy across their territory. An entry records the empire's extent, duration and its relationship to the religions practiced within it.

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