There were great civilizations, splendid empires, but no freedom anywhere.

这里有伟大的文明，辉煌的帝国，但没有自由。

That is not territory that you can build colonies; you've got powerful empires to deal with.

你不能在那个领域上建立殖民地；你要对付强大的帝国。

Dependence on long-distance trade also meant that the great empires of the Middle East were built both literally and figuratively on shifting sand.

对长途贸易的依赖也意味着，伟大的中东帝国无论是实际上还是象征意义上，都是建立在流沙之上的。

The East also had a more deeply rooted unity in the Greek culture of the numerous Greek and Near Eastern cities that Rome had inherited from earlier Grecian empires.

东方在希腊文化中也有更根深蒂固的统一，罗马从早期希腊帝国继承了许多希腊和近东城市。

The accessions of Arcadius and Honorius as emperors in the East and West respectively illustrate the unfortunate pattern of child heirs that had unfavorable effects for both empires.

阿卡狄俄斯和霍诺里乌斯分别在东方和西方当上了皇帝，这说明了继承人的不幸模式对两个帝国都有不利的影响。

The things people make, and the way they make them, determine how cities grow and decline, and influence how empires rise and fall.

人们制造的东西及其制造方式决定了城市的兴衰，也影响着帝国的隆替。

Horses were adopted by peoples of the West African savannah, and later their powerful cavalry forces allowed them to carve out large empires.

西非大草原上的人们驯养了马，后来他们强大的骑兵部队使他们得以建立起庞大的帝国。

The minister took up the theme and discoursed mellifluously on the ebb and flow of empires.

大臣接过话锋，滔滔不绝地谈论起帝国的盛衰兴亡。

Property empires rarely lack debt.

地产集团很少身无外债。

Empires can fall.

帝国会衰败。

But like all empires, Rome eventually fell.

但和所有帝国一样，罗马最终衰亡。

Both of these empires had aspired to a kind of universality.

这两个帝国，都渴望一种普遍性。

In the northern states, its water supports cattle empires.

在北部的几个州，河水还支撑着庞大的养牛业。

Just like the alarm when you're attacked in Age of Empires.

就像在帝国时代玩家受到攻击的警报声一样。

They are sprawling empires, with extremely diverse firms to manage.

它们已成为一些庞大的帝国，要管理的企业种类极其多样。

New empires had emerged and started to assault the Portuguese empire.

新的帝国逐渐形成，开始威胁葡萄牙帝国。

He wants to be seen as a builder of beautiful things, not a builder of business empires.

他想被视为美好事物的缔造者，而不是商业帝国的缔造者。

But the movie, "Empires of the Deep," is not another fantasy dreamed up by Hollywood.

但电影“帝国的深，”是不是另一个梦想由好莱坞幻想。

He came of age in an era of industrial giants in which business empires were rising all around him.

他所处的是个充斥着工业巨擘的年代，商业帝国在身边不断崛起。

Smart, long-standing empires, like that of the Romans, recognised their limits and rarely went beyond them.

富有智慧且长期屹立不倒的帝国——比如罗马帝国——能够认识到自己的能力限度，并且很少超越这一限度。

And Brunner Mond, a founder of what was (until it went the way of all empires) Imperial Chemical Industries.

以及作为帝国化学工业缔造者之一(直到赴其他企业帝国后尘之前)的普内门(相继被收购)。

The two fashion companies are among a gaggle of Spanish conquistadors rapidly building global business empires.

除了这两家以外，西班牙还有许多公司正在快速的打造自己的全球商业帝国。

Though empires crumble to dust, and centuries are lost in shadows, the white marble still sighs to the stars, "I remember."

尽管帝国皇权已经化为齑粉，历史已经湮没无闻，而那白色的大理石却依然向满天的繁星叹息说：“我记得！”