Also if you add the Spanish empire you would have to add the French Empire, German Empire, Japanese Empire, Russian Empire, Dutch Empire, Portugese Empire, Ancient China, Ancient India, and Ancient Egypt as well, but they were never known as superpowers in the modern sense even though they did meet the criteria. The Great power page needs to be expanded and adding those empires there would be the most appropriate for them. User:Daniel_Chiswick 16 April, 2007.