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The British Empire (red) and Mongol Empire (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of either empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars.
Encompassing approximately 5.5 million square kilometers at its height in 500 BC, [23] [24] the Achaemenid Empire was territorially the largest empire of antiquity. [ dubious – discuss ] In its time it had political power over neighboring countries, and had high cultural and economic achievements during its lengthy rule over a vast region ...
Benin Empire: 1180: 1897: 717 Bogd Khanate of Mongolia/Great Mongolian State 1911 1924 7 (broken up from 1915 to 1921) Bornu Empire: 1380: 1893: 513 Empire of Brazil: 1822: 1889: 67 Britannic Empire: 286: 296: 10 British Empire: 1583: 1997: 414 Bruneian Empire: 1368: 1888: 520 Bukhara Empire: 1501: 1785: 284 Bulgarian Empire (Great Bulgaria ...
The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970 (2009) excerpt and text search; Darwin, John. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain (2013) Ferguson, Niall. Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (2002) Gallagher, John, and Ronald Robinson.
The term "great power" has only been used in historiography and political science since the Congress of Vienna in 1815. [1]Lord Castlereagh, the British Foreign Secretary, first used the term in its diplomatic context in 1814 in reference to the Treaty of Chaumont.
Before the expansion of early modern European powers, other empires had conquered and colonized territories, such as the Roman Empire in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Modern colonial empires first emerged with a race of exploration between the then most advanced European maritime powers, Portugal and Spain, during the 15th century. [2]
The Empire reached its largest expanse under Trajan (r. 98–117 ), [ 64 ] encompassing 5 million km 2 . [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The traditional population estimate of 55–60 million inhabitants [ 65 ] accounted for between one-sixth and one-fourth of the world's total population [ 66 ] and made it the most populous unified political entity in the West ...
Empire 1206–1368 AD Former Shu: Chengdu Kingdom 907–925 Later Shu: Chengdu Kingdom 934–965 Chiefdom of Sizhou: Sizhou Chiefdom 582–1413 Song Empire: Bianjing, Lin'an Empire 960–1279 AD Southern Han: Xingwang Fu Kingdom 917–971 Tang Empire: Chang'an, Luoyang Empire 618–907 AD Later Tang: Luoyang, Kaifeng Kingdom 923–937 Southern ...