Just want to be clear here: Are you claiming that Portugal and the Netherlands were not empires during those time periods? Here's the definition of empire used

Just want to be clear here: Are you claiming that Portugal and the Netherlands were not empires during those time periods? Here's the definition of empire used by Wikipedia: 'An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries'