All those factors are likely to be at work now that the Soviet empire has disintegrated.

In the meantime, the empire is already disintegrating into civil war.

But you don't need psychohistory to know that the Empire is disintegrating.

As the empire disintegrated, many among these elites were able to seek and control their own affairs.

In fact, economically, politically and culturally, the empire was already disintegrating by the 1980's.

Once the legions start fighting each other, the Empire will really disintegrate.

There were a few battles, but then Abrech's empire suddenly disintegrated.

However, after his death in 1355, his large empire disintegrated into numerous completely independent states.

However, the empire soon disintegrated and most kings did not submit to Madood.

By contrast, in 1988, the last full year before the Soviet empire disintegrated, 309,000 people visited Cuba and spent just $189 million.