Meanwhile, it thrived as a port of shipping and trade within Gondor's maritime empire.

Aware of the impact of a blockade on an island nation at the heart of a maritime empire, they felt that economic pressure would suffice.

At the end of his life, Lopes witnessed the beginning of Portugal's maritime empire.

In fairness, it's still there - unlike those maritime European empires.

The Athenians had a maritime empire built on oared ships.

Barbaro lived at a time when Venice had a maritime empire in the Mediterranean.

It was a maritime empire, in contrast to the land-based Roman empire.

Later, it provided naturally protected conditions for the growth of the Venetian Republic and its maritime empire.

Anura became a prize for which the great maritime empires of the West would contend.

Palembang is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, and has a history of being a capital of a maritime empire.