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Imperatritsa Mariya class battleship The Imperatritsa Mariya class (Russian: Императрица Мария) were the first Dreadnought battleships built for the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. All three ships were built by Rossud Dockyard, Nikolayev.
Imperfect Cell Saga The Imperfect Cell Saga is the name given to a series of events which occurred in the anime Dragon Ball Z. It involves Cell in his imperfect form and mainly shows his attempts to absorb Androids #17 and #18 and the Z-Fighters' attempts to stop him.
Imperfect tense The imperfect tense, in the classical grammar of several Indo-European languages, denotes a past tense with an imperfective aspect. It corresponds to the English past-continuous tense. In contrast, the imperfect tense in Hebrew grammar is called thus because it refers to "uncompleted" action and therefore denotes present or future time.
Imperfective aspect The imperfective aspect is a grammatical aspect. It refers to an action that is viewed from a particular viewpoint as ongoing, habitual, repeated, or generally containing internal structure, as opposed to the perfective aspect, which views an action as a simple whole (and is not the same as the perfect aspect).
Imperfects The Imperfects are a faction of fictional supervillains in the console video game, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo DS, and PSP. The Imperfects were created by Electronic Arts, in conjunction with Marvel Comics.
Imperforate lacrimal punctum An imperforate lacrimal punctum is a congenital disorder of dogs involving the lack of an opening to the nasolacrimal duct (tear duct) in the conjunctiva. Dogs normally have two lacrimal puncta, the superior and inferior.
Imperia (statue) The Imperia is a statue at the entrance of the harbour of Konstanz, commemorating the Council of Constance that took place there between 1414 and 1418. The concrete statue is 10 meters high, weighes 18 tonnes, and stands on a pedestal that rotates around its axis once every three minutes.
Imperia Gatto The Maltese notable Imperia Gatto was the 4th Baroness of the Barony of Djar-il-Bniet e Buqana and a Baroness of Budaq. Her parents, Paola di Castelli suo Jure Heiress to the Barony of Buqana and Baron Francesco Gatto were married in 1397.
Imperia Online Imperia Online is a web-based massively multiplayer strategy online game. It doesn’t need any installation – it can be played from any computer as long as it has an internet connection and an internet browser.
Imperial (comics) Imperial was the second story arc from Grant Morrison's run on the Marvel Comics title New X-Men, running from issues #118-126. It further explored the origin behind the character Cassandra Nova as well as giving more depth to the student body at the Xavier Institute, specifically the Stepford Cuckoos, Beak and Angel Salvadore.
Imperial and Royal Highness Imperial and Royal Highness (in German:Kaiserliche und königliche Hoheit) is a style possessed by someone who either through birth or marriage holds two individual styles, Imperial Highness and Royal Highness.
Imperial and Royal Majesty His/Her Imperial and Royal Majesty was the style used by King-Emperors and their consorts as heads of imperial dynasties that were simultaneously royal. The style was used by the Emperor of Austria, who was also the King of Hungary and Bohemia and also by the German Emperor, who was also the King of Prussia.
Imperial Academy (Star Wars) In the Star Wars universe, the Imperial Academy was a system of military training programs formed by the Galactic Empire for youth from across the galaxy who wanted to become commissioned officers in the Imperial Military (Army, Navy or Stormtrooper Corps). It was the result of the unification of countless planetary military academies that existed during the time of the Old Republic into one administrative structure.
Imperial Airways Imperial Airways was the early British commercial long range air transport company, operating from 1924 to 1939 and served parts of Europe but especially the Empire routes to South Africa, India and the Far East including Australia and New Zealand with local partnership companies e.g.
Imperial Armour Imperial Armour is a series of rules supplements to the Warhammer 40,000 table-top game, along with an associated range of vehicle-size resin model kits. Both are produced by Forge World, a subsidiary company of Games Workshop.
Imperial Army General Staff Office The Imperial Army General Staff Office of Japan (also called the Army General Staff Office or SambĹŤ Hombu) was one of the four principal agencies charged with overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army. Created in 1878 and modelled on the German General Staff ( Die Grosse Generalstab), the Imperial Army General Staff was responsible for the preparation of war plans; the training and employment of combined arms; military intelligence; the direction of large manuevers; troop deployments; and the complitation of field service regulations, military histories, and maps.
Imperial British Conservative Party The Imperial British Conservative Party was a farcical political party founded by the Wizard of New Zealand. It was dedicated to the grand traditions of British Imperialism in the face of capitalism, globalisation and the distinct lack of culture in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Imperial British East Africa Company The Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC) was the administrator of British East Africa, which was the forerunner of the East Africa Protectorate, later Kenya. The IBEAC was a commercial association founded to develop African trade in the areas controlled by the British colonial power.
Imperial consorts of Tang China Imperial consorts of Tang China are organized in eight or nine ranks, in addition to the empress. They are also called the "inner officials" (內官), as opposed to "palace officials" (宮官), the bureaucracy.
Imperial crown An Imperial Crown is usually, though not always, a crown used by a monarch on state occasions other than at the moment of actual coronation, when a special coronation crown is used. It may also refer to a crown used for the coronation of emperors.
Imperial cult An Imperial cult is a kind of religion in which an Emperor, or a dynasty of emperors, are worshipped as demigods or deities. "Cult" here is used to mean "worship," not a modern religious movement.
Imperial Camel Corps The Imperial Camel Corps was a brigade-sized military formation which fought for the Allies in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in World War I. Its personnel were infantry mounted on camels for movement across desert.
Imperial Circle An Imperial Circle (in German Reichskreis, plural Reichskreise) was a regional grouping of states of the Holy Roman Empire, primarily for the purpose of organizing a common defense and of collecting imperial taxes, but also as a means of organization within the Reichstag (Imperial Diet).
Imperial City (Beijing) The Imperial City (Chinese: 北京皇城; Pinyin: Běijīng Huángchéng; Manchu: Dorgi hoton, literally "The inner city") is a section of the city of Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It refers to the collection of gardens, shrines, and other service areas between the Forbidden City and the Inner City of ancient Beijing.
Imperial City in Beijing during Ming and Qing Dynasty In the imperial time, the imperial residence covered the area beyond those confined by the Fordidden City's outer wall. The so-called Imperial City (皇城) refers to a roughly rectangular area, which is surrounded by wall and gates.
Imperial Collection Russian Open The Imperial Collection Russian Open is currently the only golf tournament on the European Tour schedule which is played east of the former Iron Curtain. It was established in 1996 as a tournament on the second-tier Challenge Tour and was added to the European Tour schedule in 2003.
Imperial College Big Band Imperial College Big Band is made up of students at Imperial College London and performs in and around the capital. The band plays regular gigs at Imperial College student union as well as many private venues (balls, dinners, weddings, charity concerts, etc).
Imperial College Boat Club Imperial College Boat Club is the rowing club for Imperial College London and has its boat house on the River Thames in Putney, London, United Kingdom. It was originally housed in Thames Rowing Club but has had its own boathouse for more than fifty years.
Imperial College Railway Society The Imperial College Railway Society (ICRS) is a society of the Imperial College Union (ICU) open to all current undergraduate and postgraduate students, staff, associate members of Imperial College London and alumni.
Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union is the faculty union for the Faculty of Medicine of Imperial College. A constituent part of Imperial College Union, it was formed from the merger of St Mary's Hospital (London) Medical School and Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, and looks after the social, academic and welfare needs of the 2000 medical students within the faculty.
Imperial Commander Imperial Commander is a 15mm science fiction war game, based on the range of metal 'Laserburn' miniatures available from Tabletop Games. Written by Richard Halliwell and Bryan Ansell in 1981, the game still has a small but enthusiastic following.
Imperial Commissioner Imperial Commissioner is an ambivalent English language term, used to render foreign language titles of various - mostly gubernatorial - officers whose 'commission' was in the gift of an Emperor, including China, Tsarist Russia and the Holy Roman Empire. The German title, in both the German Second Reich and the Nazi Third Reich, was usually Reichskommissar; however, Imperial Commissioner can also be used to render Kaiserlicher Kommissar, which in German etymology refers to the Emperor, not to the Empire.
Imperial Conferences Imperial Conferences were gatherings of British Empire government leaders in London in 1887, 1897, 1902, 1907, 1911, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1930 and 1937. In 1894, a Colonial Conference was held at Ottawa, Canada dealing mostly with matters of communications.
Imperial Court System The International Imperial Court System (IICS) is one of the oldest and largest predominantly gay organizations in the world. The court raises money for charity through large annual fancy-dress costume balls in cities throughout North America and numerous smaller fundraisers each year.
Imperial Croatian Home Guard The Imperial Croatian Home Guard (Croatian: Carsko Hrvatsko domobranstvo, often simply Domobranstvo or Domobran in singular) was the Croatian army section of the Honvéd which existed from 1868 to 1918. The force was created by decree of the Croatian Parliament on December 5, 1868 as a result of the Croatian-Hungarian Agreement.
Imperial Crown of Mexico The Imperial Crown of Mexico was the crown created for Emperor Maximilian of the Second Mexican Empire, who reigned from 1864-67. The original crown was destroyed long ago, but replicas remain on display in the Casa Imperial.
Imperial Crown of Russia The Imperial Crown of Russia is the crown that was used to crown Emperors of Russia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1917. The imperial crown was first used by Emperor Peter I of Russia, and last used in 1896 to crown Emperor Nicholas II of Russia.
Imperial Crypt Vaults The Imperial Crypt Vaults are the various chambers of the Imperial Crypt in Vienna in which most members of the senior lines of the Habsburg dynasty, the hereditary Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, have been entombed, beginning in 1632.
Imperial dungeon ship Imperial Dungeon Ship was the term given to describe the ships manufactured by Rendili StarDrive for the Galactic Empire, who used them to transport captured Jedi Knights during the height of the Jedi Purge. During the Clone Wars, the Old Republic had used them to transport captured Dark Jedi in the employ of Count Dooku.
Imperial Dam The Imperial Dam is a dam near Yuma, Arizona (USA), built in the 1930s. It diverted Colorado River water into three different canals and held the river water until it could be directed into a desilting plant before being released into the All-American Canal, the Gila River, and the Yuma project aqueduct.
Imperial Dictionary The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language - A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological, edited by Rev. John Ogilvie (1797-1867), was an expansion of the 1841 second edition of Noah Webster's American Dictionary.
Imperial Dungeoneers In the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the corps of Imperial Dungeoneers handles the legions of prisoners, criminal, political, and Force-sensitive that the Empire inevitably puts its hands on. Even the most secure prison or Imperial dungeon ship needs trained specialists in incarceration to supplement the mechanical devices and the droids who manage the prisoners.
Imperial embassies to China Imperial embassies to China were Japanese missions to China for importing the technologies and culture of China to Japan. The Imperial embassies to Tang China (遣唐使; Kentō-shi) are the best known; they ended in 894.
Imperial examination The Imperial examinations () in Imperial China determined who among the population would be permitted to enter the state's bureaucracy. The Imperial Examination System lasted for 1300 years, from its founding in 605 to its abolition near the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1905.
Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary of Zion Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary of Zion was established in November 2001, by His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Zere Yacob Asfa Wossen Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, and he retains the title, authority and dignity of Imperial Head of all Orders, Commendations and Awards within the Ethiopic realm.
Imperial forums The Imperial Forums consist of a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD. The forums were the heart of the late Roman Republic and of the Roman Empire.
Imperial Farmers Association The Japanese Imperial Farmers Association was an official government group, that was compulsory to join for all farmers, and an important tool to force the implementation of government farming policies. Another duty of the organization was to secure food supply to local markets and the military.
Imperial Fists In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Imperial Fists are one of the first founding Legions of Space Marines. They are the Chapter most respected by the many institutions of the Imperium, and are considered the most stalwart Chapter in their faith.
Imperial government (Ottoman Empire) The Imperial Government of the Ottoman Empire was the government structure added to the Ottoman governing structure during the Second Constitutional Era. The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) was in the power; most of the ministers were from CUP.
Imperial guardian lions Guardian lions, also called Fu Dogs or Foo Dogs, and called Shi (獅) in Chinese or Ra shi da, are powerful mythic protectors that have traditionally stood in front of Chinese imperial palaces, temples, emperors' tombs, government offices, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), until the end of the empire in 1911. Imperial guardian lions are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, and other structures.
Imperial General Headquarters The Imperial General Headquarters or Daihonei, as part of the Supreme War Council was the supreme command for Japanese military forces during the World War II era. Its tactics development was divided into two distinct groups:
Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers The Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers are a non-denominational all-inclusive soulful funky gospel band that passes all revenues to charity. The band has raised several thousands of dollars over the years for central Texas charities like SIMS foundation and Habitat for Humanity.
Imperial Group v. Philip Morris In Imperial Group v. Philip Morris, 1982 FSR 72, the plaintiff endeavoured to register the trade mark "MERIT" for cigarette products, but was unable to do so on the grounds that the trade mark was too descriptive.
Imperial Guard The Imperial Guard (French:Garde impériale) was originally a small group of elite soldiers of the French Army under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time. It acted as his bodyguard and tactical reserve, and he was careful of its use in battle.
Imperial Guard (disambiguation) An imperial guard describes any group of military bodyguard or retainers responsible for the protection of an imperial person, be they an Emperor, Empress or Imperial Prince or Princess. They are often comprised of the more elite of the regular armed forces and maintain special rights or privileges.
Imperial Guard of Japan The Japanese Imperial Guard (近衛師団 このえしだん Konoe Shidan) is an organisation which is dedicated to protection of the Emperor of Japan and his family, palaces and other imperial properties. The Guard also served as an elite unit within the Imperial Japanese Army.
Imperial Guardians (Rave Master) The Imperial Guardians These imperial guardians are a set of four individuals that have served the late Imperial Headquarters. The Four renowned guardians who support true justice under the Imperial guard are known as Lazenby the White Flame, Dalton the Chrysalis, Moore the Full Moon, and Golden-eye Brosnan.
Imperial Guards Brigade The Imperial Guards Brigade of Manchu Bannermen were a select detachment of cavalry officers responsible for guarding the Forbidden City in Beijing, especially the Emperor of China and his family, during the Qing Dynasty.
Imperial Guards Division The original Imperial Guards Division was formed in 1867 with the 1st and 2nd Guards Infantry Regiments in the 1st Guards Infantry Brigade and the 3rd and 4th Guards Infantry Regiments in the 2nd Guards infantry Brigade.
Imperial Highness His/Her Imperial Highness (abbreviation HIH) is a style used by members of an imperial family to denote imperial - as opposed to royal - status to show that the holder in question is descended from an Emperor rather than a King (compare His/Her Royal Highness). It generally outranks all other single styles.
Imperial Highway Imperial Highway is a road in Orange and Los Angeles counties in California. It begins at the Anaheim-Orange boundary and runs through several cities until it stops at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles near the Los Angeles International Airport.
Imperial House of Japan The Imperial House of Japan (also referred to as the Imperial Family or kōshitsu, 皇室) comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present Constitution of Japan, the emperor is the symbol of the state and unity of the people.
Imperial Household Agency The is a government agency of Japan in charge of the state matters concerning Japan's imperial family and also keeping the Privy Seal and the State Seal. Before the Second World War, it was called the Imperial Household Ministry (宮内省 Kunaishō).
Imperial Household Law The Imperial Household Law of 1947(Koshitu Tempan) is a statute that governs the line of succession to the Chrysanthemum throne, the membership of the imperial family, and other matters pertaining to the administration of the Imperial Household. It was passed during the Showa era on January 16, 1947, by the last session of the Imperial Diet.
Imperial Hubris Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror (Brassey's, 2004; ISBN 1-57488-849-8) is a book originally published anonymously, but authored by Michael Scheuer, a 22-year CIA veteran who ran the Counterterrorist Center's bin Laden station from 1996 to 1999.
Imperial Hyperspace Security Net In the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the Imperial Hyperspace Security Net was an overlapping network of hyperspace disruption technologies used by the Empire to control hyperspace traffic through the Deep Core. Composed primarily of gravity mines and Interdictor Cruisers, the Hyperspace Security Net monitored all hyperspace traffic entering and exiting the Deep Core on hyperspace lanes.
Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy (in Persian: انجمن شاهنشاهی فلسفه ایران) was founded in Iran during the Pahlavi era by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a Professor of History of Science and Philosophy at Tehran University who also served for several years as President of Aryamehr University of Technology in Iran. He was also the first president of the Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy.
Imperial Irrigation District Formed in 1911, the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) was made to acquire the properties of the bankrupt California Development Company and its Mexican subsidiary. The IID had acquired 13 mutual water companies, which had developed and operated distribution canals in the Imperial Valley, by 1922.
Imperial Japanese Airways Imperial Japanese Airways (大日本航空株式会社 - Dai Nippon Koku KK, or Dai Nippon Koku Kaishu sometimes also translated Greater Japan Airlines or Greater Japan Airways) was the national Japanese airline before and during World War II.
Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Japanese Army (: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of War of Japan, both of which were nominally subordinate to the emperor as supreme commander of the army and the navy.
Imperial Japanese Army Academy The was the principal officer’s training school for the Imperial Japanese Army. Established as the Heigakko in 1868 in Kyoto, it was renamed the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1874 and relocated to Ichigaya in Tokyo.
Imperial Japanese Army Air Service The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (more traditionally called the Japanese Army Air Force)(Kogun Koku Hombu) was Imperial Japan's land-based aviation force. Imperial Japan did not maintain a separate and independent air force so both the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy maintained their own air services.
Imperial Japanese Army units Imperial Japanese Army units were covert medical experiment units of the Imperial Japanese Army which researched biological warfare through human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937 - 1945) and World War II. Imperial Japanese Army units was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel.
Imperial Japanese Army Uniforms Imperial Japanese Army Uniforms tended to reflect the uniforms of those countries who were the principal advisors to the Imperial Japanese Army at the that time. The initial uniform colour was dark blue and resembled that of the Union Army of the American Civil War.
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy The Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ( Kaigun HeigakkĹŤ; Short form: ćµ·ĺ…µ Kaihei) was a school established to train officers for the Imperial Japanese Navy. It originally located in Nagasaki, moved to Yokohama in 1866, and was relocated to Tsukiji, Tokyo in 1869.
Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of Empire of Greater Japan, also known as the Japanese Navy or Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes. It was the third largest navy in the world by 1920 behind United States Navy and Royal Navy,Evans, Kaigun and perhaps the most modern at the brink of World War II.
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service or Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Koku Hombu was a major force in the Pacific War during World War II. The Japanese military acquired their first aircraft in 1910 and followed the development of air combat during World War I with great interest.
Imperial Japanese Navy Aviation Bureau The Imperial Japanese Navy Aviation Bureau(Kaigun Koku Hombu) of the Ministry of the Navy of Japan was responsible for the development and training of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. In 1941 it was headed by Vice-Admiral Katagiri and was organized as follows:
Imperial Japanese Navy fuel While other navies used highly refined burner oil, in the last stages of World War II the Imperial Japanese Navy was directly using high quality crude oil obtained from the captured East Indian colonial possessions of the Netherlands and France. While quite functional as a boiler fuel, this crude carried a hazard; as the lighter fractions had not been distilled out they formed highly flammable vapors within the warships' fuel tanks.
Imperial Japanese Navy of World War Two The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War Two was one of the most powerful navies in the Pacific War if not the world during World War II. During the first years of the war the IJN ruled the Pacific, however, it lost control and collapsed by the end of the war.
Imperial Japanese Navy submarines Imperial Japanese Navy submarines originate with the purchase of five Holland type submarines from the United States in 1905. Japanese submarine forces progressively built up strength and expertise, becoming by the becoming of World War II one of the most varied and powerful fleets of submarines of the war.
Imperial Japanese rations Imperial Japanese rations were the field rations issued by Imperial Japan in World War II, and which reflected the culture of the Japanese military. Rations had to be stout, durable, simple, sturdy and had to survive without refrigeration for long periods of time.
Imperial Klans of America The Imperial Klans of America Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist organization styled after the original Ku Klux Klan. This organization holds the largest white supremacist gatherings in America every year with their Annual "Nordic Fest".
Imperial Knight The Imperial Knights was an Organisation of free nobles of the Holy Roman Empire, who could retain their direct subordination to the Emperor (Kaiser) and their holdings, mostly in Swabia, Franconia, and the Rhineland but who did not have a seat or voice in the Reichstag. They belonged to the Lower Nobility.
Imperial Life in the Emerald City Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran is a critical look at the civilian leadership of the American reconstruction project in Iraq. Centered mainly on the actions of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Chandrasekaran details the absurdities, incompetence, and bureaucratic failings which prevented a timely transfer of power to the Iraqis and bred the growing insurgency, as well as the idealism and willful self-delusion that prevented American leadership from seeing the true state of affairs in Iraq.
Imperial Limited The Imperial Limited was the Canadian Pacific Railway's premier passenger train across Canada between Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver, British Columbia. It began operation June 18,1899, seven days a week as a seasonal service supplementing the six days per week eastward Atlantic Express and its westward counterpart, the Pacific Express.
Imperial Majesty (style) Imperial Majesty (His/Her Imperial Majesty, abbreviated as HIM) is a style used by Emperors and Empresses. The style is used to distinguish the status of an emperor from that of a king, who is simply styled Majesty (HM).
Imperial Manila "Imperial Manila" is a pejorative political epithet used to express the idea that the affairs of the Philippines, particularly those of the rural countryside, are unfairly dominated by the political affairs of the capital Manila.
Imperial Maratha Conquests The Imperial Maratha Conquests (1659-1761) were a series of conquests in the Indian subcontinent which led to the building of the Maratha Empire. These conquests were started by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in 1659 from the victory at the Battle of Pratapgad.
Imperial Natural History Museum The Imperial Natural History Museum or Imperial Royal Natural History Court Museum of Austria-Hungary was created by (Kaiser) Emperor Franz Joseph I during an extensive reorganization of the museum collections, from 1851-1876, and opened to the public on August 10, 1889.
Imperial Navy (Star Wars) In the fictional Star Wars galaxy, the Imperial Navy, also referred to as the Imperial Starfleet, was the military arm of the Galactic Empire charged with maintaining security and order in Imperial space. The Imperial Navy had absorbed the military forces of the Galactic Republic after Palpatine's declaration of the New Order.
Imperial overstretch Imperial overstretch is the extension of an empire beyond its ability to maintain or expand its military and economic commitments. The idea was first proposed by Yale historian Paul Kennedy in his book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.
Imperial Order In the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, the Imperial Order is the brutal empire from the Old World, founded and run by Emperor Jagang. Their philosophy is a lifestyle of constant sacrifice and service to the "greater good" of mankind in which individual rights and accomplishments are viewed as selfishness and evil.
Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino Imperial Palace is a 2,640 room hotel and a 75,000 square foot (7,000 m²) casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The hotel and casino were owned by Imperial Palace LLC until purchased by the current owner, Harrah's Imperial Palace Corporation a subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment.
Imperial Parrot The Imperial Parrot, Amazona imperialis also known as the Imperial Amazon or Sisserou Parrot is a beautiful green and purple plumage amazon parrot. The largest member in the genus Amazona, it measures up to 45cm in body length.
Imperial Pheasant The Imperial Pheasant, Lophura Ă— imperialis is a dark blue medium-sized, up to 75cm long, pheasant with bare red facial skin, blue crest, crimson legs and glossy plumage. Female is brown with erectile short feather crest, blackish tail and primaries.
Imperial Preference Imperial Preference was a system of reciprocally-levelled tariffs or Free trade agreements between different dominions and colonies within the British Commonwealth of Nations. The purpose of such practices was to ensure the wealth, and thus unity, of allied imperial nations.
Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy The Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy is a prize awarded by the Japan Academy to non-members in recognition of their academic theses, books, and achievements. One Imperial Prize is awarded every year in each of its two categories: humanities and natural sciences.
Imperial roof decoration Chinese imperial roof decoration or roof charms or roof-figures (檐獸 / 檐兽; Pinyin: yán shòu) or (走獸 / 走兽; Pinyin: zǒu shòu) or (蹲獸 / 蹲兽; Pinyin: Dūn shòu) was only allowed on official buildings of the empire. Chinese roofs are typically of the hip roof type, with small gables.
Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia The Imperial Railway Company of Ethiopia (often referred to by its French name Compagnie Impériale des Chemins de Fer Éthiopiens) was a semi-private firm founded in 1894 to build and operate a railway across eastern Ethiopia from Addis Ababa to the port of Djibouti in what was at the time French Somaliland. The firm failed in 1906 when political discord halted construction, and it failed to obtain any new capital.

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