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  2. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of dynasties - Wikipedia

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    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 ".

  4. List of kingdoms and royal dynasties - Wikipedia

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    Philosophers. Aquinas; Dante; Bodin; Bellarmine; Filmer; Hobbes; Bossuet; Maistre; Bonald; Chateaubriand; Novalis; Balzac; Crétineau-Joly; Gogol; Cortés; Balmes ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. List of ancient great powers - Wikipedia

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    Although the Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history, the actual political and military control of China by the dynasty, surnamed Ji (Chinese: 姬), lasted only until 771 BC, a period known as the Western Zhou. This period of Chinese history produced what many consider the zenith of Chinese bronze-ware making.

  7. Krishnadevaraya - Wikipedia

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    [40] [41] He imprisoned three sons of a former king of the Bahmani dynasty, who had been held captive by the Adil Shah and he proclaimed the eldest as king of the Deccan. [ 42 ] Finally, in his last battle, he razed to the ground the fortress of Gulburga , the early capital of the Bahmani sultanate.

  8. List of Muslim states and dynasties - Wikipedia

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    This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570–632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continuing through to the present day.

  9. Qin Shi Huang - Wikipedia

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    Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciation ⓘ; February 259 [e] – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. [9] Rather than maintain the title of "king" (wáng 王) borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he assumed the invented title of "emperor" (huángdì 皇帝), which would see continuous use by monarchs in China for the next two ...