Foundation and Empire The fourth Foundation novel, made up of two stories, originally published in 1945.

《基地与帝国》基地系列第四部，由两篇故事构成，最早于1945年发表。

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If you are going to build the Empire State Building, the first thing you need to do is dig a deep hole and pour a strong foundation.

如果你要去建立帝国大厦，你要做的第一件事就是挖个深坑，打牢基础。

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The mark briefly outlived the fall of the German Empire and the foundation of the Weimar Republic in 1918, but was ruined by the inflation of the early 1920s.

BBC: Coining a new Europe

It did not end until Julius Caesar restored order and laid the foundation of the Roman empire.

ECONOMIST: Waiting to recover

It seems a development team at MicroProse has been working on Star Trek: The Next Generation--Birth of the Federation, a new Trek-based empire builder built upon the foundation set by MicroProse's Civ II and Master of Orion II.

CNN: Star Trek: Birth of the Federation