Empire ancient city-states of the Levant. Circa 1500 BC in China rose the Shang Empire which was succeeded by the Zhou Empire circa 1100 BC. Both surpassed in territory their contemporary Near Eastern empires. The Zhou Empire dissolved in 770 BC into feudal multi-state system which lasted for five and a half centuries until the universal conquest of Qin in 221 BC. The first empire comparable to Rome in organization was the Neo-Assyrian Empire (916–612 BC). The Median Empire was the first empire within the territory of Persia. By the 6th century BC, after having allied with the Babylonians to defeat
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) Empire!'s parked van and lodged the truck in the front of their house. To help recoup the cost of a new used van, a GoFundMe page was created for donations. Despite this setback, the band followed through with their planned tour alongside Warren Franklin and The Founding Fathers which started just 4 days after the crash. In May, Empire! Empire! toured the US with Dikembe, then went out with The Saddest Landscape in November on their record release tour. Later that year, the band posted 2 bonus tracks from "You Will Eventually Be Forgotten" that were included with the Japanese