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The home and colonial populations of the world's empires in 1908, as given by The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer. Because of the trend of increasing world population over time, absolute population figures are for some purposes less relevant for comparison between different empires than their respective shares of the world population at the time ...
In layman and academic parlance, the name of a dynasty is often affixed before the common name of a state in reference to a state under the rule of a particular dynasty. For example, whereas the official name of the realm ruled by the Qajar dynasty was the "Sublime State of Iran", the domain is commonly known as " Qajar Iran ".
Hồng Bàng dynasty (2879–258 BC) Âu Lạc (257–179 BC) Nanyue (204–111 BC) Early Lý dynasty (AD 544–602) Ngô dynasty (AD 939–965) Đinh dynasty (AD 968–980) Early Lê dynasty (AD 980–1009) Lý dynasty (AD 1009–1225) Trần dynasty (AD 1225–1400) Hồ dynasty (AD 1400–1407) Later Trần dynasty (AD 1407–1413)
Qianlong oversaw the High Qing era, which marked the height of the dynasty's power, influence, and prosperity. During his long reign, the empire had the largest population and economy in the world and reached its greatest territorial extent. At the same time, years of exhaustive campaigns severely weakened the Qing military, which coupled with ...
Konbaung Dynasty: 1752: 1885: 133 Kong Empire: 1710: 1898: 188 Korean Empire: 1897: 1910: 13 Kushan Empire: 30: 375: 345 Kingdom of Kush: 1077 BC: 350: 1427 Kyrgyz Khaganate: 539: 1207: 668 Latin Empire: 1204: 1261: 57 Lê Dynasty: 1428: 1789: 361 Liao Dynasty: 907: 1125: 218 Lodi Sultanate: 1451: 1526: 75 Lavo Kingdom: 468: 1388: 920 Macedonia ...
The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history. [5] Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, extending northward into parts of the Arctic; [6] eastward and southward into parts of the Indian subcontinent, mounted invasions of Southeast Asia, and ...
The Qing controlled the most territory of any dynasty in Chinese history, and in 1790 represented the fourth-largest empire in world history to that point. With over 426 million citizens in 1907, [15] it was the most populous country in the world at the time.
The Tang capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was the world's most populous city for much of the dynasty's existence. Two censuses of the 7th and 8th centuries estimated the empire's population at about 50 million people, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] which grew to an estimated 80 million by the dynasty's end.