Following the fall of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance, the Terrans started to regain power. Under the control of the mirror universe Julian Bashir they create the second Terran Empire in 2390. Bashir ruled the Empire until 2421, when he died. Over a hundred years later, in 2582, the Second Terran Empire controlled all on known space, but still had the desire to expand (the Empire's version of Manifest Destiny).