Both empires built powerful militaries with gunpowder weapons - Apex
Need to specify WHICH military you had in mind.
Yes, You do need Age of Empires II to play Age of Empires II Conquers because it is an expansion.
Yes you do need age of empires 3 to play age of empires 3 Asian dynastys
No. Age of Empires III is a totally different game.
Either age of empires 3 or age of empires asain dynasties or warchiefs
Well militaries do have to be strict and follow rules/laws. Like in all schools there will be things that are nice and things that are bad. Deoending of your definition of nice militaries are to prep you for war.
They both strengthened their country's militaries.
Militaries
To accurately answer your question about the order in which specific empires held power, I would need to know which empires you are referring to. Please provide the names of the empires, and I can help you determine their chronological order of dominance.
yOU NEED WARCHIEFS
You need to specify which empires you are referring to if you want to make it possible to answer you question.