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In Western tradition, an "empire" is definitionally unassimilated in that there are multiple groups/territories ruled centrally from a metropole. A state would
by jjmarr 1y ago
In Western tradition, an "empire" is definitionally unassimilated in that there are multiple groups/territories ruled centrally from a metropole. A state would no longer be an empire once it assimilates disparate territories.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoNo, there is an alternative (and far, far more traditional) definition in which an emperor outranks a king, which is how China is termed an "empire".