How about if in times immemorial the different houses/peoples were conquered into an empire by one species of Dragaeran ? I don't *think* anything's been said to contradict that yet. --------------------------------------------------------------------- |If we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended: you | |have but slumbered here while these visions did appear. And this | |weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream. Gentles, do not | |reprehend. If you pardon, we will mend. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: David Silberstein <davids at kithrup.com> >To: Dragaera List <dragaera at dragaera.info> >Subject: Re: "empire" >Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:06:43 -0800 (PST) > >On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Philip Hart wrote: > > >]From J.M. Roberts's _Twentieth Century_: > > > >]"It is the essence of empire that it rules over many peoples..." > > >He points out that Queen Victoria assumed the title of Empress in > >reference to India. The Dragaeran Empire includes a few islands but > >nothing comparable to a distant, larger, more populous country. > > >Anyway, to me the Empire seems more like a big Kingdom under this > >definition, given the ethnic cleansing of the Serioli and perhaps > >the cat-centaurs. > > > >That does seem to be the usual standard of applying the term, as I >think of it. The only counterexample I can think of is the Chinese >Empire, which might have aquired the term simply due to sheer size - >so perhaps for the same reason, the Dragaeran Empire. > >But I may be mistaken about China. > > _________________________________________________________________ Worried about inbox overload? Get MSN Extra Storage now! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es