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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 longest-reigning monarchs - Wikipedia

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    The following are the 25 longest-reigning monarchs of states who were internationally recognised as sovereign for most or all of their reign. Byzantine emperors Constantine VIII and Basil II, reigning for 66 years in total (962–1028) and for 65 years in total (960–1025) respectively, are not included, because for part of those periods they reigned only nominally as junior co-emperors ...

  5. List of empires - Wikipedia

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    Jin Dynasty (266–420) 266: 420: 154 Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) 1115: 1234: 119 Johor Empire: 1528: 1855: 327 Jolof Empire: 1350: 1549: 199 Joseon: 1392: 1897: 505 Kaabu Empire: 1537: 1867: 330 Kachari Kingdom [4] 1200 1832 632 Kanem Empire: 700: 1380: 680 Kalmar Union: 1397: 1523: 126 Kadamba Dynasty: 345 540 195 Kanva Dynasty: 75 BC: 30 BC ...

  6. List of kingdoms and royal dynasties - Wikipedia

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    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)

  7. Achaemenid Empire - Wikipedia

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    'The Empire' [18] or 'The Kingdom' [19]), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the largest empire by that point in history, spanning a total of 5.5 million square kilometres (2.1 million

  8. Mongol Empire - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Qianlong Emperor - Wikipedia

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    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 ...