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Noun Concept
Categories: Geopolitical terminology, British Empire, Phrases, Spanish Renaissance, Empires
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Global empire  the empire on which the sun never sets  The sun always shines on the british empire  "The empire on which the sun never sets"  all the lands from sunrise to sunset
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The phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" was used to describe certain global empires that were so territorially extensive that it seemed as though it was always daytime in at least one part of their territory. Wikipedia
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The phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" was used to describe certain global empires that were so territorially extensive that it seemed as though it was always daytime in at least one part of their territory. Wikipedia
Global Empire is the concept of imperial domination of the world or the world, belonging to the super imperialist category, often a mighty country with a vast and influential territory around the world. Wikipedia
Term for particular global empires, the idea being that they were so extensive that there was always at least one part of their territory in daylight. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Type of empire Wikidata
Phrase describing a large empire Wikidata
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empire
Global empire
colonial empire
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Global empire
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Portuguese Empire
Spanish Empire
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Global empire, the empire on which the sun never sets
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global empire, the empire on which the sun never sets
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"The empire on which the sun never sets", El imperio en el que nunca se pone el sol, empire on which the sun never sets, In my realm the sun never sets, sun never set, sun never sets, The empire on which the Sun never sets, The sun always shines on the British Empire, The sun always shines on the british empire, The sun never sets on the British Empire
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all the lands from sunrise to sunset, all what the sun encircles, el imperio donde nunca se pone el sol, from the rising to the setting sun, He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth [...] for ‘as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations, the sun will then shine on no land beyond our borders, world empire, γῆν τὴν Περσίδα ἀποδέξομεν τῷ Διὸς αἰθέρι ὁμουρέουσαν. οὐ γὰρ δὴ χώρην γε οὐδεμίαν κατόψεται ἥλιος ὅμουρον ἐοῦσαν τῇ ἡμετέρῃ

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