But the empires the Potosi silver built have disappeared.

In the past, of course, empires have declined and disappeared.

I came from a continuation of the great empires, the logical working out of the empire concept, and you from a world in which the empires have disappeared.

The empire has disappeared, but not the injustice.

It's a powerhouse in economic terms, and entire communities would wither and die from a lack of financial lifeblood if Sam Walton's empire somehow disappeared overnight.

At least for now, the earth's empires have disappeared as anchors of international order.

His once grand empire would get smaller and smaller, and then disappear entirely.

After World War I, in 1919, this empire disappeared and Mr. Rezzori's hometown became a province of Rumania, as it remained until 1947, when it was sucked behind the Iron Curtain.