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  2. List of modern great powers - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. List of great powers from the early modern period to the post-Cold War era Great powers are often recognized in an international structure such as the United Nations Security Council. A great power is a nation, state or empire that, through its economic, political and military strength ...

  3. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. List of ancient great powers - Wikipedia

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    The Assyrian kings controlled a large kingdom at three different times in history. These are called the Old, Middle, and Neo-Assyrian kingdoms, or periods. [13] The most powerful and best-known nation of these periods is the Neo-Assyrian Empire, 934–609 BC. [16]

  5. List of medieval great powers - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Superpower - Wikipedia

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    The British Empire was the most extensive empire in world history and considered the foremost great power, holding sway over 25% of the world's population [17] and controlling about 25% of the Earth's total land area, while the United States and the Soviet Union grew in power before and during World War II. The UK would face serious political ...

  7. List of empires - Wikipedia

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    Empire Start year End year Duration (years) Abbasid Caliphate: 750: 1517: 767 Aceh Sultanate: 1496: 1903: 407 Achaemenid Empire: 550 BC: 330 BC: 220 Afsharid Empire

  8. List of countries by largest historical GDP - Wikipedia

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    The ten largest economies by average values of GDP (nominal) [a] by every half decade from the available data in IMF, World Bank, and United Nations lists (in USD billions) [1] [2] [3] [4]

  9. Great power - Wikipedia

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    A great power is a sovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global scale. Great powers characteristically possess military and economic strength, as well as diplomatic and soft power influence, which may cause middle or small powers to consider the great powers' opinions before taking actions of their own.