french empire

It can mean two things, the french imperial empire or the french colonial empire. The french imperial empire was when an average height corsican guy(Napoleon) tried to take over europe. There were two colonial empires. The first colonial empire was controlled by the kingdom of france. It's last colony got sold in 1803. The second one formed in 1830. It was when france conquered algeria. They later became the sixth largest country in history reaching their height in 1920.

person 1: The french empire almost took over europe
person 2: Which empire?
person 1: The imperial one